A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
BY CHOICE
Submitted by John Lightner
The fetal development segment of this article was obtained from the web
site for BabyCenter.Com, based in San Francisco,
California.
The information regarding the abortion procedure was taken from a medical
textbook, Abortion Practice by Warren M. Hern, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Hern owns
and operates an abortion clinic in Boulder, Colorado. He has introduced a
number of innovations in abortion practice and is one of the founders of
the National Abortion Federation. He emphasizes the performance of
abortion through 24 weeks gestation.
EARLY (First Trimester) ABORTION
ABORTIONIST Hern: "The principal motion of the suction handle while in
the
uterus is rotation. The physician will usually first notice a quantity of
amniotic fluid followed by placenta and fetal parts which may be more or
less identifiable. As this is happening the patient is advised that she
will hear a loud sucking sound. Vital signs should be observed regularly,
and a Doppler inaudible to the patient should be used at intervals to
determine the presence or absence of fetal heart tones."
15 WEEKS
BabyCenter:
Crown to rump, your baby is between 4 and 4 1/2 inches long. About now,
the fetus can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace.
ABORTIONIST Hern:
"Once the tissue is grasped, the forceps is withdrawn gently with a
rotating motion to permit easier passage. If any doubt is entertained
about the kind of tissue being grasped, the rotation should occur before
withdrawal. If uterine wall or viscera is between the forceps blades, it
will not rotate easily and the patient will experience
discomfort. The tissue can be released and damage minimized. The forceps
should be applied with extreme caution to avoid the latter
calamity. The probability of difficulty in removing the 1calvaria [human
skull] is greater at 15 weeks than at any other time. Continuing to
search
or attempt to grasp without success is increasingly dangerous with time,
because the uterine wall is more and more likely to become the tissue that
is grasped. As the calvaria [human skull] is grasped, a sensation that it
is collapsing is almost always accompanied by the extrusion of white
2cerebral material...This calvaria sign [white cerebral material] may not
be
much in evidence with the 13-week procedure, but it is more likely to
appear at 14 weeks."
16 WEEKS TO 17 WEEKS
BabyCenter:
Legs are growing longer than the arms now, fingernails are fully formed,
and all the joints and limbs can move. Now would be a good time to find
out the sex of your baby by ultrasound, since external genitals are
developed enough so the technician can clearly tell the difference between
boy and girl. In or out of the womb, babies are playful creatures. Yours
may already have discovered his first toy-the umbilical cord-which he'll
enjoy pulling and grabbing.
ABORTIONIST Hern:
"At 16 to 17 weeks, fetal tissue is much more easily identifiable with the
forceps and in some ways is easier to grasp and remove than in earlier
gestations. The calvaria [human skull] is about the size of a Ping-Pong
ball and usually can be grasped readily. Collapsing it gives a definite
sensation, which can be identified simultaneously with the appearance of
the calvaria sign." [white cerebral material]
20 WEEKS
BabyCenter:
A protective coating begins to form on your baby's skin. If you have an
ultrasound, you might see him sucking his thumb. Your baby will be 8 to
10
inches long and weigh almost a pound.
ABORTIONIST Hern:
"20 Weeks' Fetal Age. Grasping and collapsing the calvaria are often
difficult. Stripping the calvaria of soft tissue is sometimes the first
step in successful delivery of this part, followed by dislocation of
3parietal bones. Regardless of the amount of dilatation, delivery of the
calvaria and pelvis is sometimes difficult."
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21 To 24 WEEKS
BabyCenter:
Tiny eyebrows and eyelids are visible. Your baby's lungs are filled with
amniotic fluid, and he has started to practice breathing movements. If
you
talk or sing, he can hear you.
ABORTIONIST Hern:
"The procedure changes significantly at 21 weeks because the fetal
tissues
become much more cohesive and difficult to dismember....The calvaria is no
longer the principal problem; it can be collapsed. A long curved Mayo
scissors may be necessary to decapitate and dismember the fetus. After the
bimanual examination, the physician removes the basin from beneath the
patient's perineum and replaces her feet on the pull-out leg support. At
this point, I move around the table to face the patient, to inform her
that
she is no longer pregnant and to reassure her. Many patients are prepared
to cry. The aggregate fetal tissue is weighed, then the following fetal
parts are measured: foot length, knee-to-heel length, and biparietal
diameter. In most cases, the calvaria has been collapsed but is basically
intact.
It is placed under running water and, as the water fills the cranium, a
biparietal measurement is taken by sight with a clear plastic ruler."
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The information above is not that of any pro-life organization. Medical
textbooks such as Hern's Abortion Practice did not exist prior to Roe v.
Wade. Thus, it is more than probable that recent ultrasound, embryoscopy,
and other technology would assist the Supreme Court in understanding that
they have engaged our nation in a holocaust of unprecedented magnitude.
This holocaust must be stopped, and repented of, if our nation is ever to
reach its former greatness.
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