Abortion Methods
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Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before birth, resulting in, or accompanied by the death of the fetus. Some abortions occur naturally because a fetus does not develop normally or because the mother has an injury or disorder that prevents her from carrying the pregnancy to term.

This type of spontaneous abortion is commonly known as a miscarriage. Other abortions are induced that is, intentionally brought on because a pregnancy is unwanted or presents a risk to a woman’s health.

Abortions all do the same thing kill an innocent unborn child, but there are various methods of doing this, here is just a few of these procedures:

Abortion by dilation and curettage

In this procedure a loop-bladed knife called a curette dismembers the baby. This 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.

The mother’s cervix (neck of the womb) has to be stretched open prior to the abortion. This can cause damage leading to 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 minimize the 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

In this type of abortion a vacuum machine dismembers the fetus, this is the most common early surgical technique.

     The cervix (neck of the womb) must be stretched open to allow the surgeons to insert a plastic tube into the womb. Sharp-edged openings near the tip of the tube help 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 is what abortion promoter call “safe, early abortion” but the majority of abortions are performed on healthy young women and abortionists rarely explain the health risks to their patients.

   Vacuum aspiration accounts for around 90% of abortionists 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 salt-poisoning

This type of abortion is when a concentrated solution is injected into the amniotic fluid, killing the baby by acute salt poisoning. This technique is used after 16 weeks, this method is no longer common in many western countries because not only does it kill the child but also it endangers the mother, but pro-abortionists have exported this cheap method to developing countries such as India.

     It takes over an hour for the baby to die. After 24 hours, the mother goes into labor and delivers a dead child but some cases have recorded that some babies survived.

Prostaglandin

This is the alternative and most expensive late abortion drug called prostaglandin but with salt poising this also endangers the mother, it can be associated with risks of hemorrhage, infection and retention of the placenta requiring surgical intervention.

     This particular drug causes powerful contractions of the womb expelling the fetus, and usually killing it in the process. As salt poising showed some babies are delivered alive but in later abortions the doctors inject a further drug into the baby does not survive.

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