Reel Mckoi
July 28th 05, 06:45 PM
How does it feel to an unborn baby to be nestled securely in the warmth
of its mother’s womb and then suddenly be assaulted with deadly force?
We can only imagine, for the story will never be told firsthand.
Most abortions are performed in the first 12 weeks of life. By this
stage the tiny fetus practices breathing and swallowing, and its heart
is beating. It can curl its tiny toes, make a fist, turn flips in its
watery world—and feel pain.
Many fetuses are wrenched from the womb and sucked into a jar by a
vacuum tube with a sharp edge. The procedure is called vacuum
aspiration. The powerful suction (29 times the power of a home vacuum
cleaner) tears the tiny body apart. Other babies are aborted by dilation
and curettage, a loop-shaped knife scraping the lining of the womb,
slicing the infant to pieces.
Fetuses older than 16 weeks may die by the saline abortion, or salt
poisoning, method. A long needle pierces the bag of waters, withdraws
some of the amniotic fluid, and replaces it with a concentrated salt
solution. As the baby swallows and breathes, filling its delicate lungs
with the toxic solution, it struggles and convulses. The caustic effect
of the poison burns away the top layer of skin, leaving it raw and
shriveled. Its brain may begin to hemorrhage. A painful death may come
in hours, though occasionally when labor begins a day or so later, a
live but dying baby is delivered.
If the baby is too developed to be killed by these or similar methods,
one option remains—hysterotomy, a cesarean section with a twist, ending
life instead of saving it. The mother’s abdomen is opened surgically,
and almost always a live baby is pulled out. It may even cry. But it
must be left to die. Some are deliberately killed by smothering,
drowning, and in other ways.
of its mother’s womb and then suddenly be assaulted with deadly force?
We can only imagine, for the story will never be told firsthand.
Most abortions are performed in the first 12 weeks of life. By this
stage the tiny fetus practices breathing and swallowing, and its heart
is beating. It can curl its tiny toes, make a fist, turn flips in its
watery world—and feel pain.
Many fetuses are wrenched from the womb and sucked into a jar by a
vacuum tube with a sharp edge. The procedure is called vacuum
aspiration. The powerful suction (29 times the power of a home vacuum
cleaner) tears the tiny body apart. Other babies are aborted by dilation
and curettage, a loop-shaped knife scraping the lining of the womb,
slicing the infant to pieces.
Fetuses older than 16 weeks may die by the saline abortion, or salt
poisoning, method. A long needle pierces the bag of waters, withdraws
some of the amniotic fluid, and replaces it with a concentrated salt
solution. As the baby swallows and breathes, filling its delicate lungs
with the toxic solution, it struggles and convulses. The caustic effect
of the poison burns away the top layer of skin, leaving it raw and
shriveled. Its brain may begin to hemorrhage. A painful death may come
in hours, though occasionally when labor begins a day or so later, a
live but dying baby is delivered.
If the baby is too developed to be killed by these or similar methods,
one option remains—hysterotomy, a cesarean section with a twist, ending
life instead of saving it. The mother’s abdomen is opened surgically,
and almost always a live baby is pulled out. It may even cry. But it
must be left to die. Some are deliberately killed by smothering,
drowning, and in other ways.