QuestionAm a 26 years kenyan just done hcg pregnancy test and it was positive.want to have an abotion. Kindly advice
AnswerHi, Jane,
First of all, there is NO SUCH THING as a safe abortion. All abortion is dangerous and could kill you. If you want the details, I will be happy to give them to you. But seriously, I could write a book about all that can go wrong.
You're much better off leaving the situation alone. And there is help available. Go here and look for a center in your area:
http://pregnancycenters.org/
They can help you with counseling, medical care, and practical things.
Basically, what you are asking me to do is advise you to have what is considered a medical treatment (though in reality, it's nothing of the kind), and if I did tell you that, I would be practicing medicine without a license, and I would get into a lot of trouble. Also, you are asking me to help you hurt yourself, and I'm not going to do that.
What they call a medical abortion can kill you, too. In fact, in some cases, it will kill a woman within hours. And it may not even be possible to diagnose and treat a woman in time. They don't have enough guinea pigs yet. It will take millions of women suffering consequences before they wise up.
I said it's not medical treatment. Here's why. Medical treatment is given when a person has a medical condition. Pregnancy isn't a medical condition. It's a normal thing we were designed for. So there is no medical consequence they're trying to prevent. Doctors are supposed to "first do no harm". Only quacks and people who are not competent enough to be doctors in the first place ever do abortions. They should be stripped of their licenses, but they're not. And consider medical abortion again. One of the drugs they give is being given off label. The manufacturer explicitly says it is NOT to be given to a pregnant woman. It is an ulcer medication! Any doctor who would give it to a pregnant woman is committing malpractice in my opinion.
Surgical abortion has so many possible consequences, it's not funny. Some of them can be immediate. It can kill you, render you seriously disabled (paralyzed or unable to communicate), make an emergency hysterectomy necessary, thus taking away the possibility of ever having children, cause the death of a future child or cause him to develop cerebral palsy, cause the risk of death during childbirth, cause the risk of tubal pregnancy, which is a death sentence for the baby, and a threat to the life of the mother, and cause breast cancer. It's not worth it. Whatever problems you face, please don't make it worse! There are better answers, and you deserve better. Please let me know how you do, and take care of yourself and stay safe!
