Instructions For A Do-It-Yourself Abortion
Blogger Molly Blythe, angry over the move to ban abortions in South Dakota, has posted a set of instructions for aborting an unborn child at home.
Its pretty graphic, and probably the best argument I've ever heard of for banning this monstrous practice. Here's an excerpt:
Not disgusted enough yet? Since Molly encourages her readers to look at pictures of a first trimester fetus before starting so they'll know what they're dealing with I thought I'd include just such a picture of a fetus at twelve weeks. You know, so we can get a look at the "material" you'll be scooping out of some woman's uterus.
Don't worry. That's not really a person or anything. Just a clump of cells your patient will be better off without once you cut it up and scoop it out of her uterus like so much ice cream.
Be sure to tune in next week when Molly will teach us all how to suck babies out of the womb with a vacuum.
(via Pundit Guy)
Its pretty graphic, and probably the best argument I've ever heard of for banning this monstrous practice. Here's an excerpt:
The first step is to break the membrane holding the fetus inside. You can feel around with the forceps for it. To get an idea of what each part looks like -- and to see the texture so that you understand better how it will feel -- I recommend looking at books with photographs of first trimester fetuses (personal recommendation for its astonishing photographs: A Child is Born), The membrane should be easily broken with the forceps. Depending on how far along the pregnancy is, varying quantities of clear or pinkish fluid may come from the vagina. As you grasp the sac with your forceps, twist it away so that it detaches. You will now need to remove small pieces of fetal material and membrane from the uterus with the forceps. Some of these pieces will be distinctly identifiable as fetal material. Save the material until the end of the procedure on a piece of plastic, so that you can be sure the entire fetus has been removed. If doing this sounds too ethically challenging, remember that fetuses do not have the capacity to feel actual pain until the third trimester. You are not "hurting" it, and it has no awareness, nor the capacity for awareness, that you are extracting it.
This portion of the abortion procedure should not be particularly painful for the patient.
While you are removing fetal material, you will also be removing pieces of placenta. However, because the placenta is attached to the uterine wall -- and because it is the blood source for the baby -- bleeding may begin at this time. It is imperative that if bleeding begins at this point in the procedure, you do NOT stop. Stopping the procedure and attempting to stanch the bleeding will not work. The bleeding will stop on its own once the placenta is totally removed from the uterus. It may be scary, but keep going.
Once you have removed most of the material that is removable, you must move on to curettage. By now you will have felt the walls of the uterus with the forceps, and you must move on to using the spoon-shaped curettes. Find the spot on the uterine wall where placenta still clings -- the curette will make a sound much like metal on metal on a clean uterine wall, but will not make the same scraping sound on a place that still needs material removed. Scrape from the uterine walls, scraping material toward the cervix. Use the same general form of stroke you would use to scoop ice cream, and don't be afraid to scrape fairly hard. Scraping softly could leave tissue behind, and if there's anything you don't want, it's that. The other cue that will inform you the uterus is clean is that the patient will generally report feeling a cramp when the clean uterus is scraped, whereas a scrape of placenta will not feel as painful. Listen to your patient and listen to your curettes.
Once the material is removed from the uterine wall, any excess bleeding will generally slow or stop and it's uterine forceps time again. Take the remaining material out with the forceps. Most pieces of fetal material will come out with a simple tug on the forceps (again, don't be too afraid to use force and put a bit of muscle into it). However, at 13-14 weeks the fetal head may be slightly big to bring out. Pinch it with the forceps and take it out in pieces, as well. Make absolutely sure all bone fragments are removed from the uterus, as well as all other material. If necessary, use the curette again to remove remaining material and repeat the procedure with forceps.
Not disgusted enough yet? Since Molly encourages her readers to look at pictures of a first trimester fetus before starting so they'll know what they're dealing with I thought I'd include just such a picture of a fetus at twelve weeks. You know, so we can get a look at the "material" you'll be scooping out of some woman's uterus.
Don't worry. That's not really a person or anything. Just a clump of cells your patient will be better off without once you cut it up and scoop it out of her uterus like so much ice cream.
Be sure to tune in next week when Molly will teach us all how to suck babies out of the womb with a vacuum.
(via Pundit Guy)
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