Most women dream of becoming pregnant and having a baby.
But, unfortunately, this is not always possible. The pregnancy itself is a severe test for the woman's organism, and if it occurs against the background of already existing any serious pathology or pathology that has arisen during pregnancy, the parental woman in this case is in grave danger. No less serious danger is the future child, who may either not be born at all, or get incorrigible deformities at birth, with whom he will have to live his life, perhaps short, with life.
Having seen all this from year to year, from century to century, gathering this negative but important experience, doctors and scientists took the responsibility to develop some recommendations and rules that determine the expediency or inexpediency of delivery in certain situations of .And these recommendations are called indications for abortion. These indications can be medical or social.
Medical indications for abortion
These indications are regulated by the order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 736 dated December 3, 2007 "On approval of the list of medical indications for the artificial termination of pregnancy."
Artificial termination of pregnancy for medical reasons is possible at any time of pregnancy, but only in a multidisciplinary hospital. At the same time abortion until 28 weeks is called abortion, and after - premature birth.
Among the main medical indications for abortion are the following:
- some infectious and parasitic diseases( tuberculosis and rubella);
- malignant tumors in which there is a need for radiation or chemotherapy;
- certain diseases of the endocrine system( diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, acromegaly, Jentsko-Cushing's disease);
- mental illness;
- certain diseases of the blood system;
- some ophthalmic diseases( myopia);
- some pathologies of the cardiovascular system( heart diseases, aneurysms, hypertension, etc.);
- some fetal diseases( chromosomal and genetic disorders, congenital malformations, anomalies, etc.)
Social indications for abortion
Since 2012, due to the severe demographic situation in the Russian Federation, legislation has reduced the number of social indications for abortion from 4 to 1 This indication allows a woman to interrupt a pregnancy if she is a result of rape. At the same time, according to social indications, the mother-in-law has the right to interrupt pregnancy up to 22 weeks from the date of the last menstrual periods( inclusive).
What else is necessary to know about abortion?
- According to the law( , the 1993 Law on the protection of the health of citizens, ), every woman in the law has the right to make a decision about motherhood, that is, to agree or disagree with the above indications for abortion.
- The conclusion about the termination of pregnancy is not issued by one doctor, but by a consulium. This consultation should consist of at least three people: the attending physician, the specialized specialist and the head of the medical institution.
