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Dilation
and Curettage (not to
be confused with routine
D & C.) |
- usually done before 12
weeks
- cervix dilated to permit
insertion of loop shaped
steel knife.
- body of baby cut into
pieces and removed
- placenta scraped off the
uterine wall
- blood loss likely
Why an abortion pill? Surgical
abortion is increasingly unpopular
with women, doctors and the
American public. It’s
intimidating, mechanical, invasive
and abrupt. Doctors who do surgical
abortions are considered pariahs
(social outcasts) among other
doctors.
- The changing image of
abortion - REPACKAGING!
- RU 486 - The “magic
pill” that makes the
baby “go away”.
the unpregnancy pill
- smaller babies - easier
targets. The pictures of
developing fetus damages
the pro-abortionists cause.
Smaller, less developed
babies are an easier sell
- Methotrexate - originally
designed as an anti-cancer
drug was accidentally found
to abort babies.
- Planned Parenthood is
very involved in the marketing
of this abortion pill.
- Increases the pressure
on the woman - increases
the responsibility, woman
takes the pills herself,
therefore there is no one
else to blame but herself.
- Price is the same or
more than a chemical abortion.
RU
486 - French Abortion
Pill |
- uses 2 powerful synthetic
hormones - mifepristone
and misoprostal
- chemically induces abortions
in women 5 - 9 weeks pregnant
- procedure requires at
least 3 trips to abortion
facility
first
- after physical exam, patient
swallows pills (if she has no
contra-indications -“red
flags” - smoking, asthma,
diabetes, high blood-pressure,
obesity.) RU486 blocks action
of progesterone, the natural
hormone vital to maintaining
the rich, nutrient lining of
the uterus. The developing baby
starves as lining disintegrates.
90% of women suffer abdominal
pain enough to warrant a pain
killer, nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea.
second
- 36-48 hours later, woman is
given a dose of artificial prostaglandins,
usually misoprostol, which initiates
uterine contractions and forces
embryonic baby to be expelled
from the uterus. Woman feels
pain, sweaty and nauseous.
Most women
abort during the 4 hour waiting
period at the clinic, but 30%
abort at home, work, on bus
and as many as 5 days later.
Excessive bleeding occurs -
4x the average blood loss compared
to a surgical abortion. The
bleeding lasts 1-2 weeks and
some women have bled for as
long as 2 months. One in 20
women need a special drug to
stop bleeding.
third
- 2 weeks later determines whether
abortion has occurred or a surgical
procedure is necessary. (5-10%).
There are serious,
well-documented side-effects
- prolonged (up to 44 days)
bleeding; nausea; vomiting;
pain. One woman died in France,
several suffered heart attacks.
One woman lost half her blood.
Long term effects not known.
Could affect
future pregnancies, inducing
miscarriages and causing malformations
in later children.
Similar to
RU486, administered by intra-muscular
injection instead of pill.
Originally
designed to attack fast-growing
cells - such as cancers, by
neutralizing the B vitamin folic
acid necessary for cell division.
Methotrexate attacks the fast
growing cells of the trophoblast
as well - the tissue surrounding
the embryo that eventually turns
into the placenta.
The trophoblast
functions as “life support”
system for the developing child,
drawing oxygen and nutrients
from mother’s blood supply
and disposing of carbon dioxide
and waste products, also produces
HCG hormone which signals to
continue production of progesterone
necessary to prevent breakdown
of uterine lining and loss of
pregnancy.
Methotrexate
initiates disintegration of
that environment. Deprived of
food, oxygen and fluids the
baby dies. 3-7 days later -
a suppository of misoprostal
(same prostaglandin used in
RU 486) is inserted into woman’s
vagina to trigger expulsion
of baby from uterus.
Sometimes this
occurs within the next few hours,
but often a second dose of prostaglandin
is required, could take as long
as several weeks. 1 in 25 still
pregnant are given surgical
abortions.
Even doctors
who support abortion are reluctant
to prescribe methotrexate for
abortion because of high toxicity
and unpredictable side-effects.
- surgical, 2nd trimester
- used up to 24 weeks, similar
to D&C
- The difference is that forceps
with sharp metal jaws are
used to grasp parts of the
baby, which are torn away
until the entire body is removed
from womb. The baby’s
skull is hard bone by now
and must be crushed, bleeding
may be profuse.
- This procedure is traumatic
for doctors and nurses.
- salt poisoning, 2nd and
3rd trimesters
- his technique is used after
16 weeks, when enough fluid
has accumulated in the amniotic
sac surrounding the baby.
A needle is
inserted through the mother’s
abdomen and a cup of amniotic
fluid is withdrawn and replaced
with a solution of concentrated
salt. The baby breathes in,
swallowing the salt and is poisoned.
It causes painful burning of
the skin, usually after an hour
the child dies. The mother goes
into labor 33-35 hours later.
Seizures, coma or death may
result if saline is inadvertently
injected into a woman’s
vascular system.
- usually assist in the birthing
process. Injected prematurely
into the amniotic sac induces
violent labor and birth of
baby too young to survive.
- Often salt or another toxin
is first injected to insure
a dead baby.
- similar to cesarean section.
- incision is made in abdomen
and uterus and baby, placenta
and amniotic sac is removed
- “complication”
of a live birth is a significant
risk with this method, many
abortionists prefer the more
effective partial-birth abortion
With the legalization
of abortion throughout the entire
nine months of pregnancy, one
problem arose with a late-term
abortion and that was the delivery
of a live baby. The partial-birth
abortion procedure was devised
to solve that problem. This
procedure eliminates the possibility
of baby surviving.
- the baby is turned around
so that he is delivered feet
first
- the baby’s leg is
pulled out into the birth
canal
- the abortionist delivers
the baby’s entire body,
except the head.
- the abortionist jams scissors
into the baby’s skull.
The scissors are then opened
to enlarge the hole
- the scissors are removed
and a suction catheter is
inserted. The child’s
brains are sucked out. The
baby is then “evacuated.”
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