SUCTION ABORTION :(From 6-12 weeks and can be used up to 16 weeks)
This is the most common used abortion method. After the cervix is dilated and a suction machine is attached to the plastic tube, it is put into the uterus. It proceeds to tear apart the fetus and suction its parts through the tube. The suction on this is 15 times stronger than the vacuume you use at your home.
Risk To The Woman Include: Hemorrhaging from a punctured uterus, infection caused by the abortionist not getting all the fetal and placental tissue out.
DILATION AND CURRETAGE : (From 8 to 13 weeks)
Also called a D&C, this type of abortion is performed with a curette which is a sharp knife in the shape of a loop. The curette is used to scrape the walls of the uterus and then to dismember the placenta and fetus.
Risk To The Woman Include: Same as in the suction abortion. (Above)
DILATION AND EVACUATION : (From 12 to 18 weeks and can be used up to 28 weeks)
Also called a D&E, this type of abortion is done with forceps that are inserted into the uterus and with some force dismember the fetus. It is done with force because by this stage of pregnancy, the unborns muscles, tendons, and bones are more developed. Sometimes, the abortionist has to crush the skull to get the head out. The woman has to be dilated before this procedure can be done. This being so, she has to make a couple of visits to the clinic.
Risk To The Woman Include: Bleeding from cervical laceration, hemorrhaging from a punctured uterus, infection if the abortionist fails to remove all the fetus and placental tissue.
PROSTOGLANDIN ABORTION: ( From 16 to 38 weeks )
An injection of a hormone like compound is put into the muscle of the uterus. This causes the woman to contract and to push out the developing baby. Many babies are born alive during the use of this method.
Risk To The Woman Include: Infection, retained placenta, hyperthermia, rupture of uterus, tachycardia, cardiac arrest, hemorrhaging, cervical trauma, death.
SALINE INJECTION :( From 16 to 32 weeks, but can go up to 40 )
This type of procedure is done by useing a salt solution and injecting it directly into the amniotic sac. By breathing and swallowing this solution, the fetus normally dies a couple of hours later. During this process, the fetuses skin is burned off. About 48 hours after this type of abortion is done, the woman goes into labor, delivering a dead baby. Sometimes the baby is delivered still alive.
Risk To The Woman Include: Uncontrolled blood clotting throughout the womans body, seizures, coma, severe hemorrhaging, death.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION : ( From 20 to 40 weeks )
This type of abortion is also known as Dilation and Extraction (D&X). Just like in a D&E abortion, the cervix has to be dilated. The abortionist then uses forceps that are inserted into the uterus to grab the fetuses legs. The growing fetus is then pulled out breech while the head is still in the birth canal. With the surgical scissors, the base of the skull is then pierced. Next a suction catheter is put in to collapse the skull. Then the dead baby is fully delivered.
Risk To The Woman Include: Hemorrhage, trauma to the uterus, laceration of cervix or uterus, shock, severe bleeding, increased chance of miscarriage in the future, death.
(This Type of Abortion Method has been called "Bad Medicine" by Doctors themselves. It is still legal if the womans life is in danger. How is delivering a dead baby versus an alive one a saving factor to the mom. MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!)
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