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 Abortion is legal in this country until
the day of birth! Many people do not know this. If you tell them, they refuse to believe
it. Yet, the fact remains that a woman can legally abort her baby at any time during her
pregnancy. The only thing that changes is the method and the cost.
Since abortion was legalized in 1973, approximately 1,500,000 babies have been aborted
each year. One out of six women in this country have had abortions. Many times, they were
not told about the procedure or the risks involved. They were most likely not informed
about the development of the unborn baby inside of them.
Abortion is called a “choice”. If this is true, women should know what they are
choosing!
The following is a description of the various types of abortions that are performed in
this country.
RU-486
RU-486 is a drug that produces an abortion. It is taken after the mother misses her
period. It can be used up to the second month of pregnancy. It works by blocking
progesterone, a crucial hormone during pregnancy. Without progesterone, the uterine lining
does not provide food, fluid and oxygen to the tiny developing baby. The baby cannot
survive. A second drug is then given that stimulates the uterus to contract and the baby
is expelled.
Women who abort with the drug RU-486 experience nausea, severe cramping, vomiting and
bleeding. But the resulting emotional distress may have even more impact. Rather than
being “over with” in a few minutes (as in a surgical abortion) this abortion
could last for over a week. Then, when the woman finally does abort, she will expel a tiny
dead human being - her baby.
Suction-Aspiration
In this method, the cervical muscle ring must be paralyzed and stretched open. The
abortionist then inserts a hollow plastic tube with a knife-like edge into the uterus. The
suction tears the baby’s body into pieces. The placenta is cut from the uterine wall
and everything is sucked into a bottle.
Dilation and Curettage (D and C)
This is similar to a suction procedure except a curette, a loop-shaped steel knife is
inserted into the uterus. The baby and placenta are cut into pieces and scraped out into a
basin. Bleeding is usually very heavy with this method.
Dilation and Evacuation (D and E)
This type of abortion is done after the third
month of pregnancy. The cervix must be dilated before the abortion. Usually Laminaria
sticks are inserted into the cervix. These are made of sterilized seaweed that is
compressed into thin sticks. When inserted, they absorb moisture and expand, thus
enlarging the cervix. A pliers-like instrument is inserted through the cervix into the
uterus. The abortionist then seizes a leg, arm or other part of the baby and, with a
twisting motion, tears it from the body. This continues until only the head remains.
Finally the skull is crushed and pulled out. The nurse must then reassemble the body parts
to be sure that all of them were removed.
Prostaglandin Abortion
Prostaglandin is a hormone that induces labor. The baby usually dies from the trauma of
the delivery. However, if the baby is old enough, it will be born alive. This is called a
“complication.” To prevent this, some abortionists use ultrasound to guide them
as they inject a “feticide” (a drug that kills the fetus) into the unborn
baby’s heart. They then administer prostaglandin and a dead baby is delivered. This
type of abortion is used in mid and late term pregnancies.
Dilation and Extraction (D and X)
 This
abortion is also used on mid and late term babies, from 4 to 9 months gestation.
Ultrasound is used to identify how the unborn baby is facing in the womb. The abortionist
inserts forceps through the cervical canal into the uterus and grasps one of the
baby’s legs, positioning the baby feet first, face down (breech position). The
child’s body is then pulled out of the birth canal except for the head which is too
large to pass through the cervix. The baby is alive, and probably kicking and flailing his
legs and arms. The abortionist hooks his fingers over the baby’s shoulders, holding
the woman’s cervix away from the baby’s neck. He then jams blunt tipped surgical
scissors into the base of the skull and spreads the tips apart to enlarge the wound. A
suction catheter is inserted into the baby’s skull and the brain is sucked out. The
skull collapses and the baby’s head passes easily through the cervix.
Abortion is called a “choice”. What is really chosen is the killing of a human
being. The methods differ but the results are the same - a dead baby. Even abortion
supporters admit this. Dr. Malcom Watts, writing a pro-abortion piece for the California
Medical Association said: “...it has been necessary to separate the idea of abortion
from the idea of killing, which continues to be socially abhorrent. The result has been a
curious avoidance of the scientific fact, which everyone really knows, that human life
begins at conception and is continuous until death.” The real question is not about
“choice.” It is whether we have the right to kill over 4,000 human beings a day,
for any reason.
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