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Originally Posted by Ammi

..that's interesting, I can understand that people may have there own reasons for not wishing the pregnancy to go ahead and those reasons are for nobody else to judge but I guess, I don't understand how they couldn't know this from an earlier stage in the pregnancy..but I suppose circumstances could change during the course of ther pregnancy as well....it's good that they have all of the emotional counselling too...I would have thought that their body and emotions almost go into shock when they're suddenly not pregnant...I don't know if it's different with a miscarriage because the body has rejected the pregnancy or the baby hasn't survived....it's important that they feel certain they're making the right choice for them...

An early abortion (before 13 weeks) is pretty much exactly the same as a miscarriage. You take pills and it kind of induces a miscarriage. Late on I believe it requires an operation of some kind, so yeah I would think your body probably would go into shock or something.

I seriously doubt there are many people who just chose to have an abortion after 13 weeks because they decide they dont want/cant support/etc a baby...its something you would know immediately really. I think its likely that most done after this point are for medical reasons or because the woman didnt even know she was pregnant until late on. I know of some people who didnt even know they were pregnant until they were 6month+ gone