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Abortion
Abortion
Abortion
Abortion
ABBY AND DEZRAE
Abortion in the US
In 1821 Connecticut became the first state to legalize
abortion after poison was administered to the woman
after the fourth month of pregnancy. Abortion began its
road to becoming legal in the US during Roe versus
Wade about 40 years ago
Abortion Procedure
Chemical
Morning after pill: up to 72 hours
Methotrexate and Misoprotol:
Methotexate causes the cells in the
placenta to die and Misorotol empties
the fetus from the uterus.
RU-486: The drug interferes with
progesterone, after prescribed the
woman comes back 2 days later to
receive a prostaglandin drug that
induces labor and expels the dead
fetus.
Surgical
Manual Vacuum Operation: 7 weeks or less
Suction Curettage: after 14 weeks:
reconstruction
D&C: within 12 weeks- loop shaped knife
D&E: 13-24 weeks- tears, cuts and crushes
skull
Saline: after 15 weeks Prostaglandin: after 15 weeks
Hysterotomy: after 18 weeks- similar to Csection
D&X: after 20 weeks
D&X Abortion
Sources
http://abortion.procon.org/
http://www.birthmothers.org/extras/types-of-abortions.htm
http://www.freethenation.net/2012/07/un-slammed-for-its-forced
-abortions-in-china-using-u-s-funds/#!prettyPhoto[inline]/0
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http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Abortion/Pages/Introduction.aspx
http://studentsforlife.org/prolifefacts/history-of-abortion/