15. My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret
[and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various
colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days
[of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there
was none of them.
Psalm 139:15-16 (Amp)
[and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various
colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days
[of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there
was none of them.
Psalm 139:15-16 (Amp)
THINK before you go there. Babies do not ask to be made. Once you've gone there, there's no turning back (even if elective abortion is legal). Think about your own emotional well-being and the impact it will have on YOU to know YOU made the choice to have a life taken (elective surgical abortion) or to take a life (medical abortion - using medication)...
ABSTENANCE SHOULD BE THE FIRST OPTION. Adoption should be the SECOND option.
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward."
Psalm 127:3
Though what you're about to read and view is absolutely heinous, it is vital that every person (Man and Woman alike) KNOW the truth about abortions:
What the statistics are in South Africa.
Abortion Statistics in South Africa:Access to "safe" abortion does not result in abortion decline. Gathering of abortion statistics in South Africa is a difficult task because they are not as detailed as we would like to provide; only very basic information is supplied, such as age of the mother, gestational age of the baby, and provincial breakdown is offered. Having this in mind, the following statistics might not be completely accurate, but they are what is best available.
An examination of the number of abortions over the last ten years, for which statistics are available (1997-2006), reveals an enormous increase: the number of abortions reported in 1997 was 26,519 and those reported in 2006 were 83,913¹. In other words, in a ten year span, abortion has increased by 316.43% in South Africa.
Furthermore, abortion statistics in South Africa reveal that access to "safe abortion" does not result in abortion decline, as often assumed by international abortion agencies. According to an October 2007 news release from the Guttmacher Institute, abortion is declining worldwide and mostly where legal². However, in 1996, the last year abortion was illegal in South Africa, there were a total of 1600 induced abortions reported³. When compared to the total of abortions by the end of 2006, that is an increase of 5,244.56% in South Africa. As a result, "safe" and legal abortion has not resulted in a decrease of unborn babies killed in South Africa, but rather an astronomical increase.
It is therefore tragically accurate to say that the numbers indicate little or no change in behaviour towards abortion. "A woman's right to choose" continues to enjoy widespread enjoyment.
South African Statistics
Number of abortions per day - 233
Number of abortions per week - Over 1,500
Number of abortions per year - Over 85,000
In South Africa, one in eight pregnancies end in abortion...
CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT???
http://www.abort97.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=18
______________________________________________________________________________________
What different kind of methods of abortions are performed.
Did you know:
A baby's heart starts beating at around 22 - 23 days, and can be heard from about between 5 and 6 weeks, approximately 23-30 days after conception.
How is it that an innocent life can be taken "legally" according to our laws, but once a human is born and killed by willful/premeditated intent, it's called homicide / manslaughter? And when a pregnant woman is killed by willful intent it is called double homicide/ manslaughter. What went wrong with our Governments? Where is God’s place in our Legislative Parliament…the so called Law Makers?
So…is life sacred or not?
THE BIBLE SAYS SO!
Let’s just remember what is going on with your baby up until week 9?
There are two methods of abortion ("legal" killing of an innocent life according to our law) used by a "legal" prominent Abortion Centre here in our Country:
The First:
Medical Abortion: Up to 9 weeks of pregnancy:
Medical abortion or the abortion pill (also known as ‘early abortion’) is an alternative to surgical abortion and is available before nine weeks of pregnancy at Marie Stopes International. This type of abortion means taking two sets of pills (orally) over two visits (this can be on the same day or separate days) which causes the passing of the pregnancy.
You may experience discomfort, very strong cramps and heavy bleeding with medical abortion (the abortion pill). This normally lasts for a few days until the pregnancy has passed.
The second:
Surgical Abortion: There are multiple methods of Surgical Abortion:
AGAIN, let’s just see what is going on with your baby up until week 12?
Can be done from 6 weeks to 12 weeks gestation.
Surgical abortion is the most common type of abortion and is a simple procedure where gentle suction is used to empty the uterus. It is possible to have a choice of anaesthetic although in the early stages of pregnancy many women choose to have no anaesthetic or light sedation.
Some discomfort may be experienced by women who opt for surgical abortion which can be like a very strong period pain. As everyone experiences pain differently it is impossible to generalize on how you may feel. Most women who choose to have no anaesthetic report that any pain is bearable, only lasts a very short time and quickly subsides once the procedure is over.
It takes about 5 - 10 mins.
Surgical abortion: 13-19 weeks gestation.
This treatment will take about 10-15 minutes, as they will need to dilate the cervix (opening of the uterus) to gently remove the pregnancy. If your pregnancy is more than 15 weeks gestation, you may be given some medication to prepare your cervix for the procedure. At this stage you will be given the option of conscious sedation or a general anaesthetic.
While this “procedure” is done, how has your unborn been doing in there?
Termination of pregnancy: Up until 20 weeks.
While termination of pregnancy is legal in South Africa, it is illegal to perform an abortion after 20 weeks, unless the life or health of the mother is in danger, or the fetus is likely to be born with severe developmental defects.
WE HAVE A GOD WHO DOES MIRACLES, PEOPLE.
______________________________________________________________________________________
To give you an idea of what happens around the Globe, read on - IF YOU'RE UPSET BY NOW...
DO NOT READ FURTHER.
Gestational age may determine which abortion methods are practiced.
Medical Main article: Medical abortion
Medical abortions are those induced by abortifacient pharmaceuticals. Medical abortion became an alternative method of abortion with the availability of prostaglandin analogs in the 1970s and the antiprogestogen mifepristone in the 1980s.
The most common early first-trimester medical abortion regimens use mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analog (misoprostol or gemeprost) up to 9 weeks gestational age, methotrexate in combination with a prostaglandin analog up to 7 weeks gestation, or a prostaglandin analog alone. Mifepristone–misoprostol combination regimens work faster and are more effective at later gestational ages than methotrexate–misoprostol combination regimens, and combination regimens are more effective than misoprostol alone. This regime is effective in the second trimester.
In very early abortions, up to 7 weeks gestation, medical abortion using a mifepristone–misoprostol combination regimen is considered to be more effective than surgical abortion (vacuum aspiration), especially when clinical practice does not include detailed inspection of aspirated tissue. Early medical abortion regimens using mifepristone, followed 24–48 hours later by buccal or vaginal misoprostol are 98% effective up to 9 weeks gestational age. If medical abortion fails, surgical abortion must be used to complete the procedure.
Early medical abortions account for the majority of abortions before 9 weeks gestation in Britain, France, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries. In the United States, the percentage of early medical abortions is far lower.
Medical abortion regimens using mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analog are the most common methods used for second-trimester abortions in Canada, most of Europe, China and India, in contrast to the United States where 96% of second-trimester abortions are performed surgically by dilation and evacuation.
http://medclinic.webs.com/?gclid=CK7U3d32n7kCFU3LtAodR2oAmQ
Medical Abortion: A safe medical pregnancy abortion can be performed on women who are over 1 week and up to 24 weeks pregnant (same day & pain free)
- Check your country's legislation on legality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vacuum-aspiration_%28single%29.svg
See photo's below of all abortion methods:
1: Amniotic sac
2: Embryo
3: Uterine lining
4: Speculum
5: Vacurette
6: Attached to a suction pump
Up to 15 weeks' gestation, suction-aspiration or vacuum aspiration are the most common surgical methods of induced abortion. Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) consists of removing the fetus or embryo, placenta, and membranes by suction using a manual syringe, while electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) uses an electric pump. These techniques differ in the mechanism used to apply suction, in how early in pregnancy they can be used, and in whether cervical dilation is necessary.
MVA, also known as "mini-suction" and "menstrual extraction", can be used in very early pregnancy, and does not require cervical dilation. Dilation and curettage (D&C), the second most common method of surgical abortion, is a standard gynecological procedure performed for a variety of reasons, including examination of the uterine lining for possible malignancy, investigation of abnormal bleeding, and abortion. Curettage refers to cleaning the walls of the uterus with a curette. The World Health Organization recommends this procedure, also called sharp curettage, only when MVA is unavailable.[40]
From the 15th week of gestation until approximately the 26th, other techniques must be used. Dilation and evacuation (D&E) consists of opening the cervix of the uterus and emptying it using surgical instruments and suction. Premature labor and delivery can be induced with prostaglandin; this can be coupled with injecting the amniotic fluid with hypertonic solutions containing saline or urea. After the 16th week of gestation, abortions can also be induced by intact dilation and extraction (IDX) (also called intrauterine cranial decompression), which requires surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation. IDX is sometimes called "partial-birth abortion," which has been federally banned in the United States.
In the third trimester of pregnancy, abortion may be performed by IDX as described above, induction of labor, or by hysterectomy. Hysterectomy abortion is a procedure similar to a caesarean section and is performed under general anesthesia. It requires a smaller incision than a caesarean section and is used during later stages of pregnancy.
First-trimester procedures can generally be performed using local anesthesia, while second-trimester methods may require deep sedation or general anesthesia.
Surgical Abortion Methods: Most Canadian abortions are surgical.
A surgical abortion starts with the artificial dilation of the cervix. There are two alternatives to accomplish this. In the first it is forced open with the use of progressively larger tapered dilators. In hospitals and for later abortions in clinics, laminaria tents are used. These are pieces of seaweed that are put into the cervix and swell by absorbing water.
VSC: Vacuum Suction Curettage (or DVC: Dilation and Vacuum Curettage)
A suction curette is inserted into the woman’s womb. This is a knife-edged tube which cuts the baby to small pieces then by means of a powerful vacuum the torn body parts are sucked out through a tube and into a bottle. This is done up to 14 weeks in most hospitals and up to 20 weeks in some clinics in Canada.
MVA: Manual Vacuum Aspiration:
This method is similar to Suction Curettage, but it is only done up to around 8 to 9 weeks in clinics. The baby is sucked out by a large syringe.
Chemical Abortion
D&E: Dilation and Evacuation (Partial Birth Abortion)
Dilation & Evacuation Abortion
This method is used up to 18 weeks. This abortion method is used at a later stage in the baby’s development. Because of the baby’s advanced size and development, the doctor uses a pair of forceps to grab the baby’s head. As he cuts away the placenta, the doctor uses forceps with teeth to grasp body parts, to separate them from the body with a twisting movement, and to crush the skull. The body parts and placenta are removed.
D & C – Dilation & Curettage
D & C Abortion
D & C – Dilation & Curettage – After the cervix is dilated, the baby is dismembered with a loop-shaped knife and the body parts are scraped out of the womb through the cervix.
Partial Birth Abortion
This method is for the latest stages of pregnancy. Forceps are inserted into the womb through the cervix. With the aid of ultrasound, the abortionist grasps a leg and pulls the baby out of the womb feet first, all except for its head. Holding the head in the birth canal, scissors are forced into the base of the skull and opened, making a hole large enough to insert a suction catheter. The brains are sucked out, collapsing the skull. The dead baby is delivered.
Saline Injection
Saline Injection Abortion
Generally used after 16 weeks, Saline abortions involve the injection of a salt solution strong enough to burn and poison the baby. The solution both poisons the baby and burns off the skin. The child is born within the next couple of days, either dead or dying. If born alive, the child is often left to die.
- What the statistics are in South Africa.
- What different kind of methods of abortions are performed.
- How they are done.
- South African legislation around abortions in South Africa.
What the statistics are in South Africa.
Abortion Statistics in South Africa:Access to "safe" abortion does not result in abortion decline. Gathering of abortion statistics in South Africa is a difficult task because they are not as detailed as we would like to provide; only very basic information is supplied, such as age of the mother, gestational age of the baby, and provincial breakdown is offered. Having this in mind, the following statistics might not be completely accurate, but they are what is best available.
An examination of the number of abortions over the last ten years, for which statistics are available (1997-2006), reveals an enormous increase: the number of abortions reported in 1997 was 26,519 and those reported in 2006 were 83,913¹. In other words, in a ten year span, abortion has increased by 316.43% in South Africa.
Furthermore, abortion statistics in South Africa reveal that access to "safe abortion" does not result in abortion decline, as often assumed by international abortion agencies. According to an October 2007 news release from the Guttmacher Institute, abortion is declining worldwide and mostly where legal². However, in 1996, the last year abortion was illegal in South Africa, there were a total of 1600 induced abortions reported³. When compared to the total of abortions by the end of 2006, that is an increase of 5,244.56% in South Africa. As a result, "safe" and legal abortion has not resulted in a decrease of unborn babies killed in South Africa, but rather an astronomical increase.
It is therefore tragically accurate to say that the numbers indicate little or no change in behaviour towards abortion. "A woman's right to choose" continues to enjoy widespread enjoyment.
South African Statistics
Number of abortions per day - 233
Number of abortions per week - Over 1,500
Number of abortions per year - Over 85,000
In South Africa, one in eight pregnancies end in abortion...
CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT???
http://www.abort97.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=18
______________________________________________________________________________________
What different kind of methods of abortions are performed.
Did you know:
A baby's heart starts beating at around 22 - 23 days, and can be heard from about between 5 and 6 weeks, approximately 23-30 days after conception.
How is it that an innocent life can be taken "legally" according to our laws, but once a human is born and killed by willful/premeditated intent, it's called homicide / manslaughter? And when a pregnant woman is killed by willful intent it is called double homicide/ manslaughter. What went wrong with our Governments? Where is God’s place in our Legislative Parliament…the so called Law Makers?
So…is life sacred or not?
THE BIBLE SAYS SO!
Let’s just remember what is going on with your baby up until week 9?
- From crown to rump your baby measures at 2,5cm – 3,17cm or 1-1¼ inch, the size of a medium green olive.
- This week your baby is looking less like a tadpole and more human - the tail at the bottom is shrinking and disappearing and the face is more rounded.
- Hands and feet continue to form along with the fingers, toes and elbows.
- Internal organs such as testes and ovaries start to develop this week but the external genitals don't have noticeable male or female characteristics yet.
- The eyelids almost cover the eyes now, the intestines are growing longer and the pancreas, bile ducts, gall bladder and anus have formed.
There are two methods of abortion ("legal" killing of an innocent life according to our law) used by a "legal" prominent Abortion Centre here in our Country:
- Medical Abortion
- Surgical Abortion
The First:
Medical Abortion: Up to 9 weeks of pregnancy:
Medical abortion or the abortion pill (also known as ‘early abortion’) is an alternative to surgical abortion and is available before nine weeks of pregnancy at Marie Stopes International. This type of abortion means taking two sets of pills (orally) over two visits (this can be on the same day or separate days) which causes the passing of the pregnancy.
You may experience discomfort, very strong cramps and heavy bleeding with medical abortion (the abortion pill). This normally lasts for a few days until the pregnancy has passed.
The second:
Surgical Abortion: There are multiple methods of Surgical Abortion:
AGAIN, let’s just see what is going on with your baby up until week 12?
- From crown to rump your baby measures at 6,35cm or 2½ inch, and weighs about ½ oz or 14g. Fetus is the size of a plum.
- The end of the 13th week marks the end of the first trimester - baby is quite active at this stage but you cannot feel the kicks and stretches yet.
- Baby is already swallowing scant amounts of amniotic fluid.
- Baby also passes urine which constitutes the amniotic fluid.
- Baby has wrists and ankles and tiny finger and toe nails - baby is able to make a fist.
- Baby's head is quite large in proportion to the rest of her body.
Can be done from 6 weeks to 12 weeks gestation.
Surgical abortion is the most common type of abortion and is a simple procedure where gentle suction is used to empty the uterus. It is possible to have a choice of anaesthetic although in the early stages of pregnancy many women choose to have no anaesthetic or light sedation.
Some discomfort may be experienced by women who opt for surgical abortion which can be like a very strong period pain. As everyone experiences pain differently it is impossible to generalize on how you may feel. Most women who choose to have no anaesthetic report that any pain is bearable, only lasts a very short time and quickly subsides once the procedure is over.
It takes about 5 - 10 mins.
Surgical abortion: 13-19 weeks gestation.
This treatment will take about 10-15 minutes, as they will need to dilate the cervix (opening of the uterus) to gently remove the pregnancy. If your pregnancy is more than 15 weeks gestation, you may be given some medication to prepare your cervix for the procedure. At this stage you will be given the option of conscious sedation or a general anaesthetic.
While this “procedure” is done, how has your unborn been doing in there?
- From crown to rump your baby measures at 6½ inches or 16.51cm, and weighs about 9oz or 255g. Fetus is the size of a mango.
- Baby's permanent teeth are starting to form behind his baby teeth.
- Baby's legs are beginning to stretch out more instead of lying in a curled position.
- Baby is starting to produce meconium, a dark colored by-product of digestion which will accumulate in baby's bowels.
- From this point on baby seems to be able to differentiate between mornings, afternoons and nights by becoming more active at certain times more than others.
- Your baby has now all the neurons that he will need.
- Baby will be more active and flexible this trimester.
Termination of pregnancy: Up until 20 weeks.
While termination of pregnancy is legal in South Africa, it is illegal to perform an abortion after 20 weeks, unless the life or health of the mother is in danger, or the fetus is likely to be born with severe developmental defects.
WE HAVE A GOD WHO DOES MIRACLES, PEOPLE.
______________________________________________________________________________________
To give you an idea of what happens around the Globe, read on - IF YOU'RE UPSET BY NOW...
DO NOT READ FURTHER.
Gestational age may determine which abortion methods are practiced.
Medical Main article: Medical abortion
Medical abortions are those induced by abortifacient pharmaceuticals. Medical abortion became an alternative method of abortion with the availability of prostaglandin analogs in the 1970s and the antiprogestogen mifepristone in the 1980s.
The most common early first-trimester medical abortion regimens use mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analog (misoprostol or gemeprost) up to 9 weeks gestational age, methotrexate in combination with a prostaglandin analog up to 7 weeks gestation, or a prostaglandin analog alone. Mifepristone–misoprostol combination regimens work faster and are more effective at later gestational ages than methotrexate–misoprostol combination regimens, and combination regimens are more effective than misoprostol alone. This regime is effective in the second trimester.
In very early abortions, up to 7 weeks gestation, medical abortion using a mifepristone–misoprostol combination regimen is considered to be more effective than surgical abortion (vacuum aspiration), especially when clinical practice does not include detailed inspection of aspirated tissue. Early medical abortion regimens using mifepristone, followed 24–48 hours later by buccal or vaginal misoprostol are 98% effective up to 9 weeks gestational age. If medical abortion fails, surgical abortion must be used to complete the procedure.
Early medical abortions account for the majority of abortions before 9 weeks gestation in Britain, France, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries. In the United States, the percentage of early medical abortions is far lower.
Medical abortion regimens using mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analog are the most common methods used for second-trimester abortions in Canada, most of Europe, China and India, in contrast to the United States where 96% of second-trimester abortions are performed surgically by dilation and evacuation.
http://medclinic.webs.com/?gclid=CK7U3d32n7kCFU3LtAodR2oAmQ
Medical Abortion: A safe medical pregnancy abortion can be performed on women who are over 1 week and up to 24 weeks pregnant (same day & pain free)
- Check your country's legislation on legality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vacuum-aspiration_%28single%29.svg
See photo's below of all abortion methods:
1: Amniotic sac
2: Embryo
3: Uterine lining
4: Speculum
5: Vacurette
6: Attached to a suction pump
Up to 15 weeks' gestation, suction-aspiration or vacuum aspiration are the most common surgical methods of induced abortion. Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) consists of removing the fetus or embryo, placenta, and membranes by suction using a manual syringe, while electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) uses an electric pump. These techniques differ in the mechanism used to apply suction, in how early in pregnancy they can be used, and in whether cervical dilation is necessary.
MVA, also known as "mini-suction" and "menstrual extraction", can be used in very early pregnancy, and does not require cervical dilation. Dilation and curettage (D&C), the second most common method of surgical abortion, is a standard gynecological procedure performed for a variety of reasons, including examination of the uterine lining for possible malignancy, investigation of abnormal bleeding, and abortion. Curettage refers to cleaning the walls of the uterus with a curette. The World Health Organization recommends this procedure, also called sharp curettage, only when MVA is unavailable.[40]
From the 15th week of gestation until approximately the 26th, other techniques must be used. Dilation and evacuation (D&E) consists of opening the cervix of the uterus and emptying it using surgical instruments and suction. Premature labor and delivery can be induced with prostaglandin; this can be coupled with injecting the amniotic fluid with hypertonic solutions containing saline or urea. After the 16th week of gestation, abortions can also be induced by intact dilation and extraction (IDX) (also called intrauterine cranial decompression), which requires surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation. IDX is sometimes called "partial-birth abortion," which has been federally banned in the United States.
In the third trimester of pregnancy, abortion may be performed by IDX as described above, induction of labor, or by hysterectomy. Hysterectomy abortion is a procedure similar to a caesarean section and is performed under general anesthesia. It requires a smaller incision than a caesarean section and is used during later stages of pregnancy.
First-trimester procedures can generally be performed using local anesthesia, while second-trimester methods may require deep sedation or general anesthesia.
Surgical Abortion Methods: Most Canadian abortions are surgical.
A surgical abortion starts with the artificial dilation of the cervix. There are two alternatives to accomplish this. In the first it is forced open with the use of progressively larger tapered dilators. In hospitals and for later abortions in clinics, laminaria tents are used. These are pieces of seaweed that are put into the cervix and swell by absorbing water.
VSC: Vacuum Suction Curettage (or DVC: Dilation and Vacuum Curettage)
A suction curette is inserted into the woman’s womb. This is a knife-edged tube which cuts the baby to small pieces then by means of a powerful vacuum the torn body parts are sucked out through a tube and into a bottle. This is done up to 14 weeks in most hospitals and up to 20 weeks in some clinics in Canada.
MVA: Manual Vacuum Aspiration:
This method is similar to Suction Curettage, but it is only done up to around 8 to 9 weeks in clinics. The baby is sucked out by a large syringe.
Chemical Abortion
D&E: Dilation and Evacuation (Partial Birth Abortion)
Dilation & Evacuation Abortion
This method is used up to 18 weeks. This abortion method is used at a later stage in the baby’s development. Because of the baby’s advanced size and development, the doctor uses a pair of forceps to grab the baby’s head. As he cuts away the placenta, the doctor uses forceps with teeth to grasp body parts, to separate them from the body with a twisting movement, and to crush the skull. The body parts and placenta are removed.
D & C – Dilation & Curettage
D & C Abortion
D & C – Dilation & Curettage – After the cervix is dilated, the baby is dismembered with a loop-shaped knife and the body parts are scraped out of the womb through the cervix.
Partial Birth Abortion
This method is for the latest stages of pregnancy. Forceps are inserted into the womb through the cervix. With the aid of ultrasound, the abortionist grasps a leg and pulls the baby out of the womb feet first, all except for its head. Holding the head in the birth canal, scissors are forced into the base of the skull and opened, making a hole large enough to insert a suction catheter. The brains are sucked out, collapsing the skull. The dead baby is delivered.
Saline Injection
Saline Injection Abortion
Generally used after 16 weeks, Saline abortions involve the injection of a salt solution strong enough to burn and poison the baby. The solution both poisons the baby and burns off the skin. The child is born within the next couple of days, either dead or dying. If born alive, the child is often left to die.
A diagram of a vacuum aspiration abortion procedure at 8 weeks gestation.
1: Amniotic sac
2: Embryo
3: Uterine lining
4: Speculum
5: Vacurette
6: Attached to a suction pump
Figure I is before aspiration of amniotic sac and embryo, and Figure II is after aspiration with the instrument still inside the uterus.
Dilation (or dilatation) and curettage (D&C) refers to the dilation (widening/opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of part of the lining of the uterus and/or contents of the uterus by scraping and scooping (curettage). It is a therapeutic gynecological procedure as well as a rarely used method of first trimester abortion.
D&C normally refers to a procedure involving a curette, also called sharp curettage.[However, some sources use the term D&C to refer more generally to any procedure that involves the processes of dilation and removal of uterine contents, which includes the more common suction curettage procedures of manual and electric vacuum aspiration.
Dilation and evacuation (also sometimes called dilation and extraction) literally refers to the dilation of the cervix and surgical evacuation of the contents of the uterus. It is a method of abortion as well as a therapeutic procedure used after miscarriage to prevent infection by ensuring that the uterus is fully evacuated.
In various health care centers it may be called by different names:
D&E (Dilation and evacuation)
ERPOC (Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception)
TOP or STOP ((Surgical) Termination Of Pregnancy)
D&E normally refers to a specific second trimester procedure. However, some sources use the term D&E to refer more generally to any procedure that involves the processes of dilation and evacuation, which includes the first trimester procedures of manual and electric vacuum aspiration
Saline Injection Abortion
Generally used after 16 weeks, Saline abortions involve the injection of a salt solution strong enough to burn and poison the baby. The solution both poisons the baby and burns off the skin. The child is born within the next couple of days, either dead or dying. If born alive, the child is often left to die.
(also called intrauterine cranial decompression)
Intact dilation and extraction (IDX) is an extraction procedure used for a fetus where dilation is done so it can be removed intact. The procedure is used both after late-term miscarriages and in late-term abortions.
It is also known as intact dilation and evacuation, dilation and extraction (D&X, or DNX), intrauterine cranial decompression and, the vernacular of the United States, as partial-birth abortion. The procedure may also be used to remove a fetus that is developed enough to require dilation of the cervix for its extraction.
Hysterectomy abortion is a form of abortion in which the uterus is opened through an abdominal incision and the fetus is removed, similar to a caesarean section, but requiring a smaller incision. As major abdominal surgery, hysterectomy is performed under general anesthesia, and is only used in rare situations where less invasive procedures have failed or are medically inadvisable (such as in the case of placenta accreta). It is used between the 12th and 24th week of pregnancy.
This method has the greatest risk of complications out of all the abortion procedures. Health officials in the United States warned practitioners against performing hysterectomy abortion in an outpatient setting after it led to the deaths of two women in New York during 1971. The rate of mortality for abortion by hysterectomy and hysterectomy reported in the United States between 1972 to 1981 was 60 per 100,000, or 0.06%.
Partial Birth Abortion:
Brenda Pratt Shafer, R.N.
I'm Brenda Pratt Shafer, a Registered Nurse with 13 years of experience. One day in
September, 1993, my nursing agency assigned me to work at a Dayton, Ohio, abortion
clinic. I had often expressed strong "pro-choice" views to my two teenage daughters, so
I thought this assignment would be no problem for me.
But I was wrong. I stood at a doctor's side as he performed the partial-birth abortion
procedure-and what I saw is branded forever on my mind.
The mother was six months pregnant. The baby's heartbeat was clearly visible on the
ultrasound screen. The doctor went in with forceps and grabbed the baby's legs and
pulled them down into the birth canal. Then he delivered the baby's body and the
arms-everything but the head. The doctor kept the baby's head just inside the uterus.
The baby's little fingers were clasping and unclasping, and his feet were kicking. Then
the doctor stuck the scissors through the back of his head, and the baby's arms jerked
out in a flinch; a startle reaction, like a baby does when he thinks that he might fall.
The doctor opened up the scissors, stuck a high-powered suction tube into the opening
and sucked the baby's brains out. Now the baby was completely limp.
I never went back to that clinic. But I am still haunted by the face of that little boy-- it
was the most perfect, angelic face I have ever seen.
M&M: Methotrexate and Misoprostol
Non-surgical abortions in Canada are generally Methotrexate and Misopropyl abortions. Methrotrexate is usually an injection rather than a pill. It stops the cells from reproducing, effectively poisoning the baby’s metabolism. Because the baby occasionally survives this (with a high risk of extreme deformities), Misopropyl tablets are put into the vagina after three days. These cause the uterus to contract artificially. These violent contractions cause the baby to be expelled from the womb, sometimes even decapitating her.