Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved C HAPTER 15 Induced Abortion

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-1 N UMBER OF ABORTIONS IN THE U NITED S TATES FOR THE YEARS 1973–2000. N OTE THAT THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS HAS DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-2 A BORTIONS PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS IN A MERICAN WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES IN N OTE THAT THE MOST ABORTIONS OCCUR AT YOUNGER AGES

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-3 P ERCENTAGE OF A MERICAN WOMEN OF VARIOUS AGES WHO HAD AN EARLY ( BEFORE 8 WEEKS ), MIDTERM (9–16 WEEKS ) OR LATE ( AFTER 16 WEEKS ) ABORTION IN N OTE THAT OLDER WOMEN TENDED TO HAVE EARLIER ABORTIONS

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved B OX 1: T HE H ISTORY AND E THICS OF I NDUCED A BORTION

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-4 T HE USUAL PERIODS OF PREGNANCY DURING WHICH VARIOUS METHODS OF INDUCED ABORTION ARE UTILIZED.

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-5 A VACUUM ASPIRATION ABORTION. A TUBE ( VACURETTE ) IS INSERTED THROUGH THE CERVIX AND INTO THE UTERUS, AFTER THE VAGINA IS OPENED USING A SPECULUM ( TOP ). T HE EMBRYO AND UTERINE LINING ARE THEN SUCTIONED INTO A BOTTLE ( NOT SHOWN ) USING A SUCTION PUMP ( BOTTOM )

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-6 L AMINARIA TENT INSERTED PROPERLY IN THE CERVIX.

Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved F IGURE 15-7 D IAGRAM OF ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAAMNIONIC SALINE, UREA, GLUCOSE, OR PROSTAGLANDIN TO INDUCE SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION