Power Point On Abortion

DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES
OF ABORTION PROCEDURES.
Suction aspiration - first 12 weeks of pregnancy
• Frequently used method of abortion.

• It is done in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
• The mother is given a general or local anesthetic.
• The cervical muscle (womb opening) is stretched open.
• A hollow plastic tube with a knife-like edge on the tip is inserted into the
womb.
• The suction machine (about 30 times more powerful than a household
vacuum cleaner) is then turned on and begins to suck out the contents of the
womb. Because the baby's bones have not hardened yet, pieces of the body
are sucked into the jar.
• The placenta (afterbirth) is then scraped from the walls of the womb and
sucked out as well, thus completing the abortion procedure. This is
sometimes called a menstrual extraction abortion if done in the very early
weeks of pregnancy.
Dilation and curettage (D&C) - first 12
weeks of pregnancy
This is similar to the suction

abortion except a loop-shaped
knife (curette) is used instead of
the suction tube. The baby and
placenta are cut into pieces and
scraped out into a basin.
Dilation and curettage (D&C) - first 12 weeks of
pregnancy
Abortion Pills - 5 to 10 Weeks of Pregnancy
These are abortion drugs taken orally by the mother.

When taken with another drug called prostaglandin,
they are 90 to 95% effective in causing an abortion.
RU486 works by preventing nutrients from reaching
the baby through the placenta, thus causing starvation
within a few days. Methotrexate works within the same
time frame but directly poisons the baby, causing his
or her death. The prostaglandin drug is used to cause
hard labor, thus dispelling the shriveled body of the
dead baby.
Melissa describes her abortion pill experience
I'm 16, and my boyfriend is 18. A week ago today I took the medical pill. Then Friday last
week I took the four pills that make you basically go into labor. I started throwing up, and I
felt the tissue come out. I looked in my underwear, and there was the baby fetus looking at
me with one eye. It was horrible.
I now regret it greatly and wish I had my baby. I never thought I would regret it, but now I
regret it more than anything, and not a day will go by that I won't tell that child how sorry I
am. I will never forget looking at my dead child and saying I'm so sorry while crying my
eyes out.
There are no photographs for this type of abortion as the dead baby is expelled after the
patient leaves the abortion clinic. This usually happens at home, and it is up to the patient
to dispose of the fetus.
Dilation and evacuation (D&E) - first 18 weeks of pregnancy
Similar to the D&C, the dilation and evacuation procedure is used

later in pregnancy after the baby's bones have hardened. A pliers-
like instrument with knife edged teeth is inserted into the womb and
a piece of the body is seized, twisted off, and removed. This
procedure is repeated removing feet, hands, arms, etc., until the
baby is entirely dismembered. If the head is large, it is crushed prior
to removal. The placenta is also cut away and removed. The body
parts are then reassembled to be sure nothing is left in the womb to
cause infection.
Dilation and evacuation (D&E) - first 18 weeks of
pregnancy
Salt poisoning (saline amniocentesis) - after four months of
pregnancy
Although used infrequently now due to danger to the mother, salt

poisoning was once the most common method used for late abortions. A
large needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen and into the
womb. A concentrated salt solution is injected into the amniotic fluid
surrounding the baby. The baby breathes and swallows the salt solution,
is slowly poisoned as it burns away the outer layers of the skin, and dies.
The mother then goes into labor and expels the baby within 24 to 48
hours.
Salt poisoning (saline amniocentesis) - after four
months of pregnancy
Prostaglandin abortion - four to six months of pregnancy
The drug prostaglandin was previously used in the later

months of pregnancy to cause a violent premature labor of a
baby too young to survive. However, it was dangerous to the
mother and sometimes resulted in the "complication" of
delivering a live premature baby. Because of these problems
this method has mostly been replaced by the D&E method
which is guaranteed to result in the death of the baby.
Prostaglandin is now used primarily in combination with
RU486 and methotrexate.
Prostaglandin abortion - four to six months of
pregnancy
Lethal Injection Abortion - 5th month to the 9th month
Lethal injection abortions are performed in the late second trimester and the third
trimester (from about the 5th month to the 9th month of pregnancy). Lethal injection
abortion, or in medical terms called intra-cardiac injection abortion, involves the
insertion of a spinal needle into the heart of the baby where a feticide agent (poison)
is injected to stop the baby's heart. This procedure takes only two to four minutes.
The patient can be sent home within 10 to 15 minutes after the procedure. She then
has the option of going to another abortionist or her own physician to have the dead
baby removed from her womb to complete the abortion, having been guaranteed that
this will not result in the "complication" of a live birth abortion.
There are no pictures of the babies involved with this procedure, as they are removed
from the mother at some other location.
Hysterotomy - four to nine months of pregnancy
A hysterotomy abortion is similar to a Cesarean section live birth, except

the desired result is different. With a C-section, the intent is to deliver a
live baby, preventing danger to the mother and baby in a difficult birth.
With a hysterotomy, the intent is to deliver a dead baby. However, because
the baby is alive at the time of the procedure, there was a constant
complication of having this abortion procedure deliver a live baby, which
then had to expire by some other means. The baby was often smothered
or drowned in a bucket of water. However, these practices are now
prohibited by a court decision. Consequently, hysterotomy abortions have
mostly been replaced by the newer method of lethal injection abortion,
which cannot possibly result in a surviving baby.
References
http://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/
abortion-procedures.cfm retrieved
March 8, 2019
These descriptions and images with

permission J.C. Willke, M.D., Life
Issues Institute, and Hayes
Publishing Co., Cincinnati, OH.

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DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES

• Frequently used method of abortion.

This is similar to the suction

These are abortion drugs taken orally by the mother.

Similar to the D&C, the dilation and evacuation procedure is used

Although used infrequently now due to danger to the mother, salt

The drug prostaglandin was previously used in the later

A hysterotomy abortion is similar to a Cesarean section live birth, except

These descriptions and images with

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