Performing Abortion

Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the United States each year. More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. While women of every social class seeks terminations, the typical who ends her pregnancy is either young,white,unmarried, poor, or over the age of 40. Worldwide, some 20-30 million legal abortions are performed each year with another 10-20 million abortions performed illegally.Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all deaths of women because of serious complications. Death from abortion is almost unknown in all countries where abortion is legally available. The following is the description of the various types of abortion; 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, thus the baby won't survive. Suction-Aspiration, in this method, the cervical muscle ring must be paralized and streched open. The abortionist then insert 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 the bottle. Dilation and Curettage, 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. Dilation and Evacuation, is a type of abortion that is done after third month of pregnancy. The cervix must be dilated before the abortion. Usually the Laminaria sticks are inserted into the cervix. These are made of sterilized seaweed that is compressed into thin sticks. It absorbs moisture and expand, thus enlarging the cervix. A plierslike instrument is inserted into the cervix and tears all the body parts of the baby. Prostaglandin

abortion, prostaglandin is a hormone that induces labor. The baby usually dies from the trauma of delivery. However, if the baby is old enough, it will be born alive. This is called complication. To prevent this, some abortionist use ultrasound to guide them as they injects a festicide into the unborn baby's heart. They then administered prostaglandin and a dead baby is delivered. Dilation and Extraction, is also used from 4 to 9 months of gestation. The abortionist inserts foceps through the cervical canal into the uterus and grasps one of the baby's legs, positioning the baby's feet first, face down. The child's body is then pulled out of the birth canal except for the head which is too large to pass. 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 haed passes easily through the cervix.