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Abortion: Methods/Types
Reviewing for GNED 102-009 Test 2 (Saline Injection, Hysterotomy...)
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Undergraduate 1
03/04/2009

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Term
Saline Injection
Definition
Chemical
-Amniotic fluid is removed and replaced with a toxic saline solution.
-Baby ingest the toxins and dies 1-2 hours later form salt poisoning, dehydration, and hemorrhaging.
-24 hours later the mother goes into labor delivering a dead baby.
-Chemical burning of the skin causes a painful death for the baby.
Term
Hysterotomy
Definition
Surgical
-Used in last trimester (3rd trimester).
-Baby removed as in a Cesarean birth.
-Baby set aside and allowed to die or killed by a deliberate act.
Term
Suction & Aspiration
Definition
Surgical
-Used on 80% of abortions up to 12th week of pregnancy (1st trimester)
-Mouth of the cervix is dilated
-Hollow tube with knifelike edged tip is inserted into the womb.
-Suction machine with force 28 time greater than a vacuum cleaner literally rips the developing baby to pieces and sucks the remains into a container to be disposed.
Term
Dilation & Curettage
Definition
Surgical
-Dilate cervix to allow the insertion of a loop-shaped knife into the womb.
-Instrument scrapes placenta form the uterus and cuts baby apart; pices are drawn through the cervix.
-Baby is re-assembled to be sure that all parts are accounted for.
-If parts are left inside, the mother could bleed or become infected.
Term
Dilation & Evacuation
Definition
Surgical
-Used between 12 and 24 weeks (2nd trimester)
-The child is cut to pieces by a sharp knife, as in D & C.
-The child is much larger and far more developed.
-The child weighs as much as a pound and is as much as a foot in length.
Term
Prostagladin
Definition
Chemical
-hormones are injected into womb or released in.
-Vaginal suppository cause uterus to contract and deliver baby prematurely.
-Sometimes a saline solution is used to kill baby before the premature birth.
Term
Dilation & Extraction
Definition
Surgical
-Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's legs with forceps.
-The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
-The abortionist delivers the baby's body, except for the head.
-The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the skull.
-The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are evacuated out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
Term
RU 486
Definition
Chemical
-Synthetic steroid used 5-7 weeks after conception.
-Deprives baby of vital nutritional hormone progesterone.
-Child starves to death as nutrient lining of the womb sloughs off.
-Delivery of a dead baby.
Term
IUD's
Definition
Chemical
Abortive pill
Term
Morning after pill
Definition
Chemical
-Not considered abortion because 'they' believe abortions cannot occur until after implantation.
Term
Birth control pill
Definition
Chemical
a. Stage 1 -Prevent ovulation.
b. Stage 2 -Stop conception by thickening cervical mucus.
c. Stage 3 -Stop implantation - by thinning the uterine wall.
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