Abortion Procedures--The trauma of post-abortion syndrome is more easily understood when we consider various procedures.
Dilation and curettage (D&C). The doctor dilates the cervix and uses a hoe-like instrument to cut the baby's body to pieces and scrape the uterine wall. The body pieces and contents of the uterus are then pulled through the cervix.
Suction. The doctor inserts a vacuum tube, using a special medical device many times more powerful than a home vacuum cleaner, through the cervix into the uterus, tearing the live baby and the placenta into pieces. These pieces are sucked into a jar or bucket.
Saline. A strong salt solution is injected through the mother's abdominal wall into the amniotic fluid in the uterus. The salt burns the baby's skin as it absorbs the solution, and the baby also swallows the salt, causing internal poisoning and burning. The baby, in great pain, thrashes around, which is painful to the mother. She goes into labor and expels a shriveled, burned baby. Some babies are born alive after a saline abortion.
Prostaglandin. This chemical, a hormone, is injected or applied to the uterus, causing it to contract violently. It is a painful abortion for the mother, forcing the baby out prematurely.
Dilation and evacuation (D&E). The doctor dilates the mother's cervix and uses a forceps to crush the baby's head and pull out body parts.
>Hysterotomy. This is no different from a C-section, where the mother's abdomen is opened surgically to pull the baby out. Since the baby is usually alive, the abortionist has to then find a way to kill the baby. (Obviously not used very often)
Dilation and Extraction (D&X). This procedure is known in the media as the "partial birth abortion." The doctor dilates the mother's cervix and pulls the baby's body out except for the head. Leaving the head inside the mother's body, s/he uses the point of a scissors to make a wound at the base of the baby's skull, then opens the scissors to make the opening larger. A vacuum tube is then inserted into the baby's skull to suction out the brain to be used in fetal tissue research. The baby must be alive at the time the brain matter is harvested, to be used for research purposes. With the brain gone, the head collapses and is pulled out of the mother's body more easily.
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