Medical abortion – what happens?

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Drugs are used to starve your
baby and to induce labour to
pass your dead baby.
If at home, you may see your dead baby
in the pregnancy sack, even their fingers
and toes. Instructions may advise you to
dispose of the ‘pregnancy remains’ in
You may feel a mix of emotions: confused,
scared, even a little excited or just
overwhelmed. Often feelings drive our
decisions. We look for hope. Who will I run to?
You may need creative problem-solving
and extra help, but there is hope for you.

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deciding?
your dustbin or to flush them down your
Some might say abortion is the best thing Loved – Known – Not alone
The Abortion Pill – two different pills at toilet.
for you and your baby. Perhaps you feel
different times: under pressure and can’t see another Whatever your own thoughts or beliefs,
7 weeks from HOPE offers:
way. But no one can tell you how things
Mifepristone (RU-486) blocks the main fertilisation
pregnancy hormone, progesterone. The (9 weeks since LMP)
will work out. Circumstances can change. • Encouragement and a safe space
to chat in cm
lining of the womb breaks down, cutting a baby measures
off blood and nourishment to your baby, 2.2 cm, the size in Can abortion ever • Reliable pregnancy information
causing it to starve and die. this photo. make it as if a life • Life-affirming help to plan ahead
was never there?
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• Links to local support rather than
Misoprostol (prostaglandin) 1-2 days abortion
later, starts contractions to push your Have you talked to anyone who has 1
This is still a death you can prevent; We share the love of Jesus Christ who calls
dead baby out of the womb. This process been through this? Once complete, 1/2
you can protect your son or daughter. all of us to come to Him for peace and
can be intense and painful. abortion cannot be undone.
Being a parent is a gift. If those closest hope. Will you trust Him to be with you on
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Latin for ‘growing within’
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Is there ‘The baby has a life of its own

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– there is rapid growth that is ‘After fertilisation has taken place
Something
a decision
We can help you think through your situation. a new human being has come into
hidden inside your womb.
to think about: being.’ Dr Jerome Le Jeune, Professor of
Genetics, University of Descartes, Paris.
that you If you allow your little one to be
killed, you may find that they have
HOPE Pregnancy is not a counselling or medical service. The information presented on this leaflet is intended for general
education purposes only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional and/or medical advice. For questions When did God’s
6 weeks from fertilisation,
love for you
on any medical condition always ask your GP or another qualified health professional.

can both also been growing in your heart.’ HOPE Pregnancy is a project of the Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform UK,23 New Broadway, Tarring Rd,
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hands move, a heartbeat can be heard

begin?
with a stethoscope and
live with? Pauline Peachey,
Post Abortion Support for Everyone (PASE)
We respond with compassion and hope toward women who are bereaved by past abortions. For further help:
Post Abortion Support for Everyone – PASE. Find friendship with others recovering, and peace and hope in Jesus. brain waves are recordable.
Pregnancy – what is the baby up to? Surgical abortion – what happens?

Instruments are used to cut

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7 weeks from fertilisation the baby 9 weeks from fertilisation the
has separate fingers and toes. Her baby can suck her thumb, swallow, or crush your baby and then
hands can come together, as can her sigh, stretch and yawn. There is a
feet. She kicks and jumps if startled. huge growth this week; her weight
remove them from the womb
increases by 77 %. in pieces.
Am I pregnant?
If you have been sexually active and think Vacuum (suction) aspiration
you might be, then take a pregnancy test.
These amazing images Usually, cervical preparation (medications
If you have a regular cycle most tests are of babies alive in 8 weeks from fertilisation / dilators that swell) starts the unnatural
are reliable from the 1st day of a missed the womb – how do they – aborted embryo (Coin for size reference only.) opening the mother’s cervix (neck of the
period. make you feel? womb).

Medical tools more forcefully open it

For you created my inmost being; you
to insert a narrow tube. Attached to a
knit me together in my mother’s womb.
vacuum source, the suction rapidly tears
I praise you because I am fearfully and
the baby apart.
wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:13-14, the Bible The placenta and all the baby’s parts are
examined to make sure that nothing is
left behind to cause an infection.
There are different theories on when we
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8 weeks and 1 day from fertilisation, 10 weeks from fertilisation the

now a ‘fetus’, Latin for ‘unborn baby’s fingers and toes are free start to feel pain. Some experts suggest
offspring’ or ‘little one’. Hands and feet and fully formed, with nails and even the 1st trimester.
10 weeks from fertilisation
move often. Every organ is present. fingerprints. Vocal cords start to
– the hand of an aborted fetus
She’s had over 6 million heartbeats! develop.

Abortion is often
For more facts on life in the womb and
abortion, please visit hopepregnancy.org.uk
encouraged as a normal,
natural decision –
The ‘embryo’ or ‘fetus’ is This is the end of the 1st trimester.
what do you think?
often described just as a Full-term pregnancy normally lasts
clump of cells – what do approximately 38 weeks from fertilisation.

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you think? (A scan may give you a more accurate
due date.)

All photos are dated from fertilisation. For pregnancy weeks

since LMP (first day of last menstrual period) add 2 weeks.
10 weeks from fertilisation
Prenatal development descriptions are taken from ehd.org.
Measurements are approximate. – aborted fetus