ABORTION: RIGHT OR CRIME!
What is Abortion?
Methods of AbortionThere are many different ways an abortion can be performed. Different methods are used under different circumstances and after different developments of the embryo or fetus. No method of abortion is 100% safe, and no method is 100% successful. (See Side Effects)
Methotrexate Injection
Performed in the early first trimester. Methotrexate is injected and begins to attack the cells surrounding the embryo.1 The embryo is deprived of food and oxygen, and eventually dies. Several days later, misoprostol is injected to trigger the expulsion of the embryo. This expulsion may not occur for as long as eight weeks2, and the woman may bleed heavily3. The actual expulsion may occur at any moment and in any place 4. In about 4% of cases, expulsion does not occur and surgery is required 2.This is not a common form of abortion because Methotrexate is toxic and has many common side-effects, such as nausea, pain, diarrhea, and increased chance of cancer, anemia, and lung disease5.
Suction Aspiration(vacuum curettage)
The most common (98%) form of first trimester abortion6. The cervix is dilated, and a powerful vacuum tube with a sharp cutting edge is inserted. The suction rips apart the body of the baby, and sucks out blood, amniotic fluid, tissue, and body parts7. The most frequent post-abortion complication occurs with this method. If any fetal or placental tissue is left behind in the uterus, infection can develop.
Dilatation and Curettage (D&C)
Generally performed in the first or early second trimester. The cervix is dilated or stretched to permit the insertion of a loop shaped steel knife. The body of the fetus is cut up and removed from the placenta7. Blood loss and likelihood of uterine perforation are relatively high in this form of abortion8.
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)
Generally performed in the second trimester, this is similar to D&C. Forceps are used to rip away pieces of the developing body and remove them from the womb. Because the skull has often hardened by this time, it may have to be crushed for removal. Bone fragments from the crushed skull can easily puncture the cervix, causing high blood loss9.
Prostaglandins Injection
Performed during the second trimester. Prostaglandins, naturally occurring birthing hormones, are injected to prematurely induce labor. Oftentimes the baby is delivered alive10. Permanent placental, cervical, and cardiovascular side-effects are common. Even death is possible11.
Saline Amniocentesis (Salt Poisoning)
This method, first used in Nazi concentration camps and now common in America, is performed during the second or early third trimester. A needle is injected into the abdomen, and 50-250ml of amniotic liquid is removed12. This is replaced by a concentrated salt that burns away and deteriorates the baby's skin13. Within three days the mother goes into labor and delivers a dead, burned baby14.This concentrated salt may cause severe hemmorage, cervical injuries, or side effects to the nervous system such as seizures or coma15.
Urea Injection
Performed during the second or early third trimester. This is performed just like Salt Poisoning, however it is not as strong. Though not as dangerous as Salt Poisoning, Urea Injection increases the chance of a failed abortion, which usually results in surgery. Almost 2% of Urea Injection patients must be hospitalized for side-effects16.
Hysterotomy
Performed during the third trimester, this is usually performed if other forms of abortion are unsuccessful. Incisions are made in the abdomen, and the baby, placenta, and amniotic sac are removed. Babies are often removed alive during the operation7.The risk to the mother's health is greatest in this form of abortion, and the chance of complications during later pregnancies is greatly increased8.
Partial Birth Abortion
Performed during the late second or third trimester. Using ultrasound, the abortionist grasps the baby's leg with forceps, and partially forcefully delivers all but the head. Scissors are then jammed into the back of the babies skull, and the wound is pryed open. A powerful vacuum tube is inserted and sucks out the baby's brain.
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"Dilatation and evacuation, for example, where fetal tissue is progressively punctured, ripped, and crushed, and which is done after 13 weeks when the fetus certainly responds to noxious stimuli, would cause organic pain in the fetus. Saline amnioinfusion, where a highly concentrated salt solution burns away the outer skin of the fetus, also qualifies as a noxious stimulus [pain]."
-T. Sullivan, M.D., FAAP, Amer. Academy of Neurosurgeons
abortion by dilation and curettage
This baby was dismembered with a loop-bladed knife called a curette. The procedure is called dilation and curettage (D&C).
D&C is used to treat various uterine conditions in non-pregnant women. However, as an abortion procedure it dismembers the unborn child - as can be seen from the body parts: the torso with hands crossed (centre top), the badly battered head (bottom right), the bruised lower leg and foot (centre bottom).
The mother's cervix (neck of the womb) has to be stretched open prior to the abortion. This can cause damage leading to the death or premature delivery of a baby in a subsequent pregnancy. According to doctors, in Britain steps are now taken in National Health Service hospital abortions to soften the cervix to minimise this risk. However, this is not required by law and it is not known whether such measures are taken in private sector abortions.
Abortion by vacuum aspiration
Suction abortion - in which the fetus is dismembered (torn apart) by a vaccuum machine - is the most common early surgical technique.The cervix (the neck of the womb) must be stretched open to allow the surgeon to insert a plastic tube into the womb. Sharp-edged openings near the tip of the tube help to dismember the baby so the parts are small enough to be sucked out. The surgeon then uses the suction tube to evacuate the placenta from the womb.
The remains of the baby are deposited in a jar for disposal. This child was about 10 weeks from conception (12 weeks from last menstrual period).
This is the technique that abortion promoters call "safe, early abortion". However, the vast majority of abortions are performed on healthy young women for non-medical reasons, and abortionists rarely explain the health risks to their clients.
Vacuum aspiration accounts for around 90% of abortions in England and Wales up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, and it is used for around half of abortions performed between 13 and 19 weeks. When used at 13-19 weeks, it is often necessary to use other instruments to remove or crush parts of the baby that are too large to pass through the tube.
Abortion by hysterotomyThis abortion procedure (although comparatively rare) is essentially the same as a caesarian section birth: the mother's abdomen is cut open and the child - typically still alive - is removed from the womb.
The baby here is being lifted by one foot: as the umbilical cord is clamped and cut. In Britain, although there has always been a legal duty of care towards a liveborn baby who survives an abortion, there have been documented cases of such babies being left to die.Since 1990 legislation has allowed the deliberate destruction of a child up to birth when a pregnancy is terminated under the relevant grounds in the Abortion Act. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the professional body to which most doctors performing abortions belong, issued advice to its members in a 1996 paper Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality.They advised surgeons to take steps to kill the baby before delivery, e.g. by cutting the umbilical cord to stop the infant's oxygen supply. This was to avoid the risk of possible legal action if a baby should be 'liveborn' and then die after abortion.
The risks of hysterotomy for the mother have long been known. They include peritonitis, rupture of the operation scar in a future pregnancy, thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (The [Lane] Report on the Working of the Abortion Act, Vol 1, HMSO, 1974).
Abortion by salt-poisoning
A concentrated salt solution is injected into the amniotic fluid, killing the baby by acute salt poisoning.This technique is used after 16 weeks. It is no longer common in many Western countries because of its dangers to the mother, but pro-abortionists have exported this cheap technique for abortions to the majority world (developing countries) such as India.
It takes over an hour for the baby to die. After 24 hours, the mother goes into labour and delivers the dead child (although there are recorded cases of American babies, including singer Gianna Jessen, having survived the procedure).
Like animals, babies cannot tell us whether they are in pain. One indication of suffering is their reaction to what we would find painful. The contortion on the face of this baby, after the burning of the skin by the salt solution, may be an indication of what the infant has endured.
Prostaglandin
An alternative (more expensive) late abortion drug is prostaglandin. It is not free of dangers to the mother, being associated with risks of haemorrhage, infection and retention of the placenta requiring surgical intervention. Prostaglandin causes powerful contractions of the womb expelling the fetus, and usually killing him or her in the process, although in some instances babies have been delivered alive as a result. In later abortions, doctors inject a further drug (such as the poison urea) into the womb, to ensure that the baby does not survive.
May we see abortion for what it is and put an end to this slaughter Your baby's heart began beating at 18-25 days. His or her brain waves could have been recorded at 40 days
After 11 Weeks:
Your baby squints, swallows and can make a fist.Your baby has fingerprints, and can kick - and is sensitive to heat, light, touch and noise.Your baby is sucking his or her thumb, weighs 1 ounce and is 2 1/2 to 3" long, and would fit comfortably in the palm of your hand.
NOW IT'S YOUR DECISION:
ABORTION: A CHOICE OR A CRIME?
