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Methods of Abortion
"Abortion" has become
just a word. In every abortion a baby dies.
Every abortion is evil. But abortion is a gruesome,
horrifying "procedure." Here are just some of the ways
an innocent preborn child's life can be ended.
- First Trimester:
- Abortifacients:
Abortion-causing chemicals and devices can act to
kill preborn children in the earliest days of life.
While these methods may act to inhibit ovulation and
prevent conception, they also act to alter the
lining of the womb so the newly conceived child
cannot implant in the uterine wall. If the
child cannot implant in the lining of the womb to
receive nourishment, he dies.
- Suction: A powerful
pump is hooked to a hose, which has a serrated
suction tip attached to its end. After
dilation of the cervix (the mouth of the womb), the
suction tip is inserted to the top of the womb and
the pump is started. The baby is ripped apart
and sucked through the narrow hose into a
receptacle.
- D & C: Used during
the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. After
dilation of the cervix, a ring forceps is inserted
into the womb and the baby extracted in pieces.
Once this has been accomplished, a large curette is
used to scrape the afterbirth (placenta) from the
wall of the womb and to confirm that the womb is
empty.
- Second Trimester:
- D & E: Used
during the second trimester (4-6 months) of
pregnancy. This method has largely replaced
saline and chemical abortions, which too frequently
resulted in live births, a complication from the
abortionist's perspective. The baby is cut to
pieces and the pieces are withdrawn with instruments
or suction. This is followed by suction and
curettage to insure that the womb is empty.
- Third Trimester:
- D & X: Also
used for advanced pregnancies. Laminaria are
used to soften and partially dilatation allows
passage of a ring forceps. A foot or lower leg
is located and pulled into the vagina. The baby is
extracted in breech fashion until the head is just
inside the cervix. With the baby face down,
scissors are plunged into the baby's head at the
nape of the neck and spread open to enlarge the
wound. A suction tip is inserted and the
baby's brain removed. The skull collapses and
the baby is delivered.
- Lethal Injection:
This late-term abortion method involves injecting
potassium chloride into the heart of a baby inside
the womb to cause cardiac arrest.
Prostaglandins are administered to induce labor and
the mother delivers a dead baby.
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Complications
of Abortion
Here are some of the physical,
emotional, and psychological consequences:
- Death Rates for women
who have had an abortion are much higher than
previously thought. A 2002 study debunks the
claim that abortion is "safer than childbirth".
- Women who have an
abortion are involved in risk-taking behavior at
higher levels than women who have not had an
abortion. Women who had an abortion in the
year prior to their deaths were:
- 14 times more likely
to die from homicide
- 7 times more likely
to die of suicide
- 4 times more likely
to die from accident-related injuries
- Women who abort a first
pregnancy are at greater risk of long-term clinical
depression compared to women who carried a first
pregnancy--even an unintended one--to term.
- Having an abortion prior
to carrying a pregnancy to term increases the risk
of premature delivery and other problems associated
with giving birth.
- When they do carry a
pregnancy to term, women who abort are:
- twice as likely to
use alcohol
- ten times more
likely to use marijuana
- There is strong evidence
that having an abortion can increase the risk of
breast cancer, especially if the woman's first
pregnancy ends in abortion.
- Additional details are
available:
www.afterabortion.org
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There has been a great deal of
discussion on the subject of FREEDOM OF CHOICE in the media.
This short story will illustrate the reality of what they are
talking about.
Here is an excellent example of what abortion really is!
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said:
'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help!
My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I'm pregnant again.
I don't want kids so close together.'
So the doctor said: 'Ok, and what do you want me to do?'
She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on
your help with this.'
The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to
the lady:
'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less
dangerous for you too.'
She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her
request.
Then he continued: You see, in order for you not to have to
take care of 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your
arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born.
If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it
is.
There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your
arms.
The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a
crime to kill a child!
'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be ok with it,
so I thought maybe that was the best solution. |
