Broken Uterus And Depression, There Are 6 Risks That Must Be Borne By Novia Widyasari After Being Forced To Have An Abortion

Illustration of the Impact of Abortion (Photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The death of female student Novia Widyasari Rahayu who was found dead beside her father's grave in Sooko District, Mojokerto made the public sad and angry. This suicide case went viral on social media after the Twitter account @convomf uploaded the incident.

Many reports say that the motive behind the suicide was because the girl had been raped and forced an abortion. As a rape victim, abortion will add to the wound and can cause depression.

Abortion is an act of termination of pregnancy before the gestational age reaches 20 weeks. Abortion actions must be in accordance with medical indications, or there are strong medical reasons and threaten the life of the pregnant woman if the pregnancy is continued.

Abortion is regulated by law so there is a legal threat if it is done without medical reasons. So it's not okay to have an abortion or ask people to have an abortion because this can be against the law.

Abortion should be decided by several doctors, and if it is carried out it must be in a health facility, because like other medical procedures, abortion also has risks, namely infection and bleeding that can spread, causing complications such as loss of the uterus, and can cause the mother who underwent abortion to lose her life. .

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Guttmacher Institute released the results of research that one in four pregnancies in the world each year end in abortion. The abortion rate in the country itself is still quite high. The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) noted that abortion cases in Indonesia could reach 2.4 million per year.

Whatever the reason, abortion is not an easy decision to make. But whether it's an abortion through official medical channels or under the hand, there is always a potential risk of complications and effects of abortion that you should be aware of. Here are the risks that must be borne by women who have abortions.

Barren The danger of an abortion can cause infertility. Because, there will be wounds and bleeding in the ovaries which can potentially lead to blood accumulation. Then this blood buildup will lead to blockage of the ovaries. The closed fallopian tubes will make it difficult for fertilization and pregnancy to occur.

Psychological problems Not only physical problems, the danger of abortion can cause psychological problems. There will be feelings of guilt, shame, stress, and depression after the abortion. This will lead to more severe complications if done illegally.

Damage to the uterus Abortion can cause damage to the uterus. If the uterus is damaged, the chances of getting pregnant are getting smaller. The danger of abortion occurs in 250 out of a thousand cases of surgical abortion. 1 in a thousand in cases of drug abortion (prescription and non-prescription) performed at 12-24 weeks of gestation.

Damage to the uterus includes damage to the cervix, perforation of the uterus, and tearing of the uterus (lacerations). Damage can also be observed when the doctor has performed laparoscopic visualization.

Pelvic inflammatory infection Pelvic inflammatory infection (PID) is one of the dangers of abortion. Worse yet, this disease can lead to an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy. As well as reduce female fertility in the future and can be life threatening.

The risk will increase in the case of spontaneous abortion. Because, there is a chance that pregnancy tissue is trapped in the uterus and heavy bleeding. Both are good media for bacterial growth. For women who already have anemia and blood loss will also be at risk of infection.

Cancer Women who have an abortion are more at risk of cervical cancer. The probability for one abortion is about 2.3 times. Those who do it twice or more have a risk of up to 4.92 times.

Including there is an increased risk of ovarian cancer and liver cancer. This is due to hormonal disturbances in the cells of pregnancy.

Mortality Research conducted in 1997 in Finland, for women who had an abortion four times the risk of dying. Especially for those who experience pregnancy at a young age. Her death was even greater than suicide and continued the pregnancy for up to 9 months.