Molar pregnancy refers to the rare pregnancy complications when the sperm and ovum fertilized in the wrong way and due to chromosomal imbalance molar pregnancy does not work out at all. The hardest thing in molar pregnancy is that it can form cancer at any time. It is very important to take the necessary steps to remove molar pregnancy immediately from the mother’s womb.
“Abortion” is a term defined as the termination of pregnancy at any time. It might be with surgical procedures like suction aspiration or suction curettage and it can also be done with medications. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, including Andorra and Malta in Europe, El Salvador, and Honduras in Central America, Senegal and Egypt in Africa, and the Philippines and Laos in Asia and 24 countries worldwide abortion is banned.
What are the symptoms of molar pregnancy?
Similarly in normal pregnancy, β-hCG hormone is also produced in molar pregnancy, thus it tests positive in the home pregnancy test. Like normal pregnancy, a molar pregnancy has also quite similar symptoms:
- Severe nausea and vomiting
- Fatigue and dizziness
- Abnormally high β-hCG level
- Preeclampsia
- Anemia
- Breathlessness
- Tachycardia
- Abdominal swelling
- Vaginal bleeding
- Grape-like cysts coming out of the vagina
Why does molar pregnancy need an abortion?
As we discussed earlier molar pregnancy is not a pregnancy at all, it is a form of tumor that can be malignant at any point. Malignant tumors can be carcinogenic and life-threatening for the mother and sometimes it can require a hysterectomy to remove the tumor by which a woman can lose her ability to give birth permanently. Other partial complications included:
- Sepsis or blood infection
- Uterine infection
- Severe preeclampsia
- Shock stage or very low blood pressure
Final thoughts
According to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization opened a new window and overturned Roe v. Wade, currently abortion is banned in 14 states of the United States of America. That provision included four categories where abortion can be considered a legal procedure:
- To prevent the death of the pregnant person
- Preserving the healthy state of the pregnant woman
- Pregnancy resulted from rape or incest
- The embryo has lethal anomalies that are incompatible with normal life
If the embryo becomes a life risk for the mother and when the pregnancy is not real, without abortion there are no other options left. The USA has already justified abortion in some special cases but still, some countries make abortion illegal in every aspect, it is genuinely a problem for pregnancy.