[Answered]: Several alternatives are available to people who…

Several alternatives are available to people who experience an unwanted pregnancy. Among these are delivering the baby and parenting the child, adoption, and abortion. If a woman is pregnant and does not want to continue the pregnancy, she may choose to have an abortion. Abortion is not a method of contraception. __ _ are natural terminations of pregnancies. Induced abortions are purposeful terminations of pregnancies. Almost all abortions are performed during the first __ __ of pregnancy, using a surgical procedure called ___ __. In fact, __ _% of all abortions are performed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Medical abortions use drugs such as RU 486 (mifepristone) to induce abortion. Abortions are usually performed on young, white, unmarried women who claim no religious affiliation, although minority women have a disproportionate number of abortions. Primarily, women seek abortion for three reasons: (1) they cannot afford a child, (2) they will need to be a single parent, and (3) they are having problems with their spouse or partner.