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What
is abortion?
The term
"abortion" actually refers to any premature expulsion of a human
fetus, whether naturally spontaneous, as in a miscarriage, or artifically induced, as in a surgical or chemical abortion.
Today, the most common usage of the term abortion applies to artificially
induced abortion.
In 1973, the Supreme
Court handed down its Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions
legalizing abortion in all 50 states during all nine months of pregnancy, for
any reason, medical, social, or otherwise.
The vast majority of
all abortions performed today are done for social, not medical reasons --
because a woman doesn't feel ready for a baby at the time, because her partner
wants her to have an abortion, etc. Approximately 93% of all induced abortions
are done for elective, non-medical reasons such as these.
Abortion ends a
pregnancy by destroying and removing the developing child. That baby's heart
has already begun to beat by the time the mother misses her period and begins
to wonder if she might be pregnant (about 31 days after the mother's last
menstrual period or LMP). Surgical abortions are usually not performed before
seven weeks, or 49 days LMP. By that time, the baby has identifiable arms and
legs (day 45) and displays measurable brain waves (about 40 days). During the
seventh through tenth weeks, when the majority of abortions are performed,
fingers and genitals appear and the child's face is recognizably human.
Source:
"Abortion: Some Medical Facts", NRLC
Educational Trust Fund pamphlet, 1996.
Types
of abortion
Suction
abortion
Suction abortion is
performed between 6 and 12 weeks. This method involves the insertion of a tube
through the cervix (mouth of the womb). Connected to a powerful suction, this
tears apart the body of the developing baby and sucks it out. Then, either with
this tube or with a curette, (a loop shaped steel knife), the abortionist cuts
and slices the deeply rooted placenta, the afterbirth, from the inner wall of
the womb. Up to 95% of abortions are done this way. Sometimes body parts are
easily identified.
Source: "Life
or Death", Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke, Hayes
Publishing Co. Inc.,
Dilitation and
curettage (D&C)
Similar to the
suction procedure except the abortionist inserts a tiny hoe-like instrument
into the uterus. With this, the abortionist cuts the baby into pieces and
scrapes him/her out into a basin. Bleeding is usually profuse.
Source: "She's A Child Not A 'Choice'" Advertising Supplement, Human Life Alliance of Minnesota Education
Fund, Inc. 1996.
Dilitation and
evacuation (D&E)
Performed between 12
and 20 weeks, this method utilizes a sharp toothed, pliers-like instrument. The
abortionist grasps a part of the body of the baby and tears it away. This
dismemberment of the living baby continues, without any fetal anesthetic, until
all parts, plus the deeply rooted afterbirth, are removed. Bleeding is profuse.
Source: "Life
or Death", Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke, Hayes
Publishing Co. Inc.,
Salt
poisoning
After 16 weeks, a
long needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen into the baby's sac and a
solution of concentrated salt is injected. The baby breathes in and swallows
the salt and is poisoned by it. It takes over an hour to slowly kill the baby.
The mother will go into labor about 24 hours later and deliver the
"Product of Pregnancy".
Source: "Life
or Death", Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke, Hayes
Publishing Co. Inc.,
Hysterotomy or Caesarean Section
Used mainly in the
last three months of pregnancy, the womb is entered by surgery through the wall
of the abdomen. The tiny baby is removed and allowed to die by neglect or direct
act.
Source: "She's A Child Not A 'Choice'" Advertising Supplement, Human Life Alliance of Minnesota Education
Fund, Inc. 1996.
Prostaglandin
abortion
This drug causes the
woman to go into labor at any stage of pregnancy. It is used in middle and late
pregnancy to induce abortion. Its major "complication" is "live
birth". It also can cause serious maternal injury.
Recently, it has
been used with RU-486 to increase its "effectiveness".
Source: "Life
or Death", Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke, Hayes
Publishing Co. Inc.,
Partial
birth abortion
After 3 days of
dilating the cervix, the abortionist reaches up the birth canal, grasps a leg
and pulls it down and out, then the other leg, body, shoulder and arms. At this
point with a gentle pull, he could deliver the final 3 or 4 inches (the head)
and send the baby to the nursery. Rather, he inserts scissors into the base of
the baby's skull, separates the blades, and inserts a suction tube into the
skull and sucks out the brains. This kills the baby who is then removed.
Source: "Life
or Death", Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Willke, Hayes
Publishing Co. Inc.,
RU-486
RU-486 – A Human Pesticide
RU-486 kills a
developing baby after his or her heart has begun to beat.
RU-486 blocks a
vital nutrient hormone, Progesterone.
The embryonic baby, which implanted into the nutrient lining of the
mother’s womb at least two weeks earlier, can be compared to a grape on a
vine. If the stem is pinched, preventing
the nourishing sap to reach the grape, it will wither, die and drop off. Just so, if this drug is used, it causes the
embryonic baby to wither and die. A
second drug, prostaglandin, is used to expel the dead baby from her womb.
Counting from the
first day of her last normal menstrual period, it is effective only from the
fifth through the seventh week. Some
claim success, but with decreasing effectiveness, into the 9th week.
RU-486 alone is
effective from 60 to 80% of the time. If
Prostaglandin is added, the abortion rate rises to 95%.
The Procedure
First Visit: She must have a thorough
history, physical exam and blood count.
If she’s anemic, has high blood pressure, kidney disease, smokes
or is over 35, she is rejected. Finally,
she needs an ultrasound exam to confirm the age of her baby and to rule out a tubal pregnancy.
She must sign
permission and, in some states or nations, wait 1 or more days.
Second Visit: She takes the pills.
Third Visit: She is given the
prostaglandin drug. This produces hard
labor. Usually the baby parts are passed
that day.
Fourth Visit: If she has not aborted or
if there is still bleeding, she will need an ultrasound to determine if the
uterus is empty. If
not she needs a D&C. The
French Ministry of Health requires that the abortion facility be equipped with
an EKG, IV equipment, and a “crash cart” with a defibrillator in
the event of a heart attack resulting from the drugs.
Complications
Bleeding: Common to most cases is
prolonged bleeding, averaging 9 to 30 days.
In the controlled testing reported to date, one woman in a hundred bled
so badly, she needed either a D&C surgical scraping out of her womb and/or
a blood transfusion. In undeveloped
countries, such treatment is often not available, and some of these women will
bleed to death.
Pain: Studies vary, but well
over half of women need specific pain medication, with about one-third needing
narcotics. There is nausea and vomiting
in most cases.
Tubal Pregnancy: These drugs do not kill
an embryo growing in her tube. A woman
with a tubal pregnancy could take the drug, bleed,
think she had passed everything and then suddenly rupture a tube. This is potentially fatal. The only preventive is to do an ultrasound
exam on every woman, a test that costs as much as an entire surgical abortion.
Incomplete Abortion: This necessitates
surgical intervention and a D&C scraping out of the womb.
Psychological Upset: None other than Dr. Edwardo Sakiz, president of Roussel Uclaf, said, “The
woman must live with this for a full week, this is an appalling psychological
ordeal.”
Sometimes she will
pass parts of the baby at home. Firm
instructions are that she must save whatever passes in a jar, and bring it to
the doctor to see if everything is out.
In a surgical abortion, she rarely is allowed to see the pieces. Here she will and she’ll never
forget.
Post-Abortion Syndrome: Many women getting
abortions are very ambivalent. One
defense mechanism for her is to say “I can’t help it. I have no choices. Anyhow they are doing this to
me.” With this, she swallows the
pills and does it to herself.
More research needs
to be done on this, but indications are that Post-Abortion Syndrome will be
just as common from this method as from surgery.
Death?: At least one woman has died. Another had a cardiac arrest, a third,
ventricular fibrillation. Both would be
dead except that the clinic had a defibrillator and shocked them back to
life. Such equipment is rare in
In
Source: “RU-486 A Human Pesticide”, J.C. Willke, M.D., Hayes Publishing Co., Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio,
1995.
Used with permission.
Back to Contents
Is
the unborn baby a living human being?
YES
YES! The unborn baby
is alive from the moment of fertilization.
YES! The unborn baby
has a heartbeat at three weeks and brain waves at six weeks.
YES! The unborn baby
is complete! He or she is programmed from the inside for an ongoing process of
growth and development.
YES! The unborn baby
has 46 chromosomes in the cells of his or her body -- the scientifically
verifiable human genetic code.
YES! The answer is clear. . .You were you from the moment of fertilization -- a
unique human being -- never to be repeated in all of history.
Nothing magic
occurs at birth
which suddenly makes an unborn baby human. The baby is the same baby, whether
inside or outside the uterus.
Every unborn baby
is a
complete, individual, living human being from the earliest moment of his or her
existence at fertilization.
Source:
"Abortion: Some Medical Facts", NRLC
Educational Trust Fund pamphlet, 1996.
Health
risks of abortion
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POSSIBLE
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
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POSSIBLE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
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Source: "The
Effects of Abortion", Publication #605, Heritage House '76 Inc. Used with permission.
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