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Abortion Procedures

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Abortion in early pregnancy

  • -usually a brief outpatient procedure or pills taken to induce abortion at home
  • -can be done with RU-486 (abortion pill) in first 7 weeks of pregnancy
  • -early abortions typically with suction – baby is sucked out of uterus and thrown away

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Baby, 8 weeks gestation

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A few abortion tools

curette

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forceps

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cannula

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Aborted fetus, 9 weeks old

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The 10-week-old fetus.

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The fetus at 12 weeks – end of the first trimester.

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Victim of first trimester abortion

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Another first trimester abortion

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Abortion methods later in pregnancy

  • -dilate and dismember or deliver intact
  • -saline injection (inject saline into amniotic sac) and induce labor
  • -can give the baby a lethal injection, then induce labor
  • -other methods possible, not as commonly used

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13-week-old fetus

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The fetus at 14 weeks.

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14-week-old aborted baby

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Victim of abortion, early 2nd trimester

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16-week-old fetus

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2nd trimester abortion

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The baby at 20 weeks.

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Baby at 24 weeks gestation – can live outside the womb

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Aborted baby, 5 months gestation

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Baby at 30 weeks – about 7 months

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Another baby aborted late in pregnancy

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Baby killed by saline abortion.

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Abortion victim, later in pregnancy

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Baby drowned after birth induced.

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Baby aborted late in pregnancy