Just a general question to see if anyone
knows. If a person is anorexic, with a BMI
of 14.9, would they be able to get an
abortion. Because as far as I know, the
person is also anemic due to
vegetarianism. Would she be able to get an
abortion? Because I think pregnancy at her
stage is dangerous as her body weight is
so low, would it be possible for her to
get an abortion in the case that she does
get pregnant?
What are the complications in her case if
she does get an abortion? Will there be
more serious complications?
Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
It is muchly appreciated.
Re: Anorexia And Abortion Posted: 04-29-07 17:02pm
rosalee
wrote:
Just a general question to
see if anyone knows. If a person is
anorexic, with a BMI of 14.9, would they
be able to get an abortion. Because as far
as I know, the person is also anemic due
to vegetarianism. Would she be able to get
an abortion? Because I think pregnancy at
her stage is dangerous as her body weight
is so low, would it be possible for her to
get an abortion in the case that she does
get pregnant?
What are the complications in her case if
she does get an abortion? Will there be
more serious complications?
Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
It is muchly
appreciated.
Of course, there is no reason why a woman
in those circumstances would be refused an
abortion; in fact, I think she would be
encouraged to have one given her
predicament. I'm pretty sure that this
would fall under the therapeutic abortions
category, practised for the health of both
the foetus and the mother.
As for complications, I very much doubt
that there would be any (naturally thin
females have termination, too), although
our resident expert Carifairy could expand
on that.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-29-07 22:21pm
Anorexia or bulimia is not a reason to
deny an abortion.
A BMI of 14.5 is not bad, as long as
anorexia is not present, but it is...
Many athletic women with high muscle mass
have BMI's of 12-14, but they are not
anorexic..
She should be just fine =)
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Tylanas
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Posted: 04-29-07 22:46pm
Carifairy
wrote:
Anorexia or bulimia is not a
reason to deny an abortion.
A BMI of 14.5 is not bad, as long as
anorexia is not present, but it is...
Many athletic women with high muscle mass
have BMI's of 12-14, but they are not
anorexic..
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