Illegalize Abortion

Abortion

Bob Knob

University of Phoenix

Abortion

Illegalize Abortion

Ladies, Gentlemen, members of the human race. It is with great respect, dignity and reverence that I come to humbly speak before you today. I stand here today to speak for a group that isn't able to speak for itself. This group of humans could not be here to speak today because we have allowed and continue to allow their parents to willingly kill them before they are able to speak for themselves. I am here today to respectfully ask that we stop the insanity of abortion. I truly believe abortion should be illegal.

I stand before you today not to judge those who may have made the decision for abortion in the past, but to plead with those who may be affected by a similar decision in the future. This issue has been debated for decades and will continue to be debated as long as the forces of good and evil coexist.

On January 22, 1973 abortion was legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court by striking down state laws that protected the life of developing unborn children. The popular Roe vs Wade decision created a new constitutional right for women which gave them the right to privacy which was broad enough to encompass an unborn fetus. It stated that the law protects only "legal persons" and that "legal personhood does not exist prenatally." Roe vs Wade authorized no legal restrictions on abortions during the first three months of pregnancy and a licensed physician could judge the procedure necessary up to birth for reasons of the mother's health.

Ð'* When does the unborn baby's heart begin to beat?

The heartbeat begins between the eighteenth and twenty-fifth day.

Ð'* brain begin to function? forty days

Electrical brain waves have been recorded as early as.

How early can a baby survive outside the mother's womb? twenty weeks is considered the accepted minimum. However, this time will be reduced as medical technology continues to improve.

- Suction-aspiration:

In this method, the abortionist must first paralyze the cervical muscle ring (womb opening) and then stretch it open. This is difficult because it is hard or "green" and not ready to open. He then inserts a hollow plastic tube, which has a knife-like edge on the tip, into the uterus. The suction tears the baby's body into pieces. He then cuts the deeply rooted placenta from the inner wall of the uterus. The scraps are sucked out into a bottle (see color photo in back of book). The suction is 29 times more powerful than a home vacuum cleaner.

- Dilatation & Curettage (D&C):

This is similar to the suction procedure except that the abortionist inserts a curette, a loop-shaped steel knife, up into the uterus. With this, he cuts the placenta and baby into pieces and scrapes them out into a basin. Bleeding is usually profuse.

What are second trimester ones?

In the 1970s and '80s the most common type was saline amniocentesis, or salt poisoning abortions.

These are not used much anymore because of danger to the mother. These are done after the 16th week. A large needle is inserted through the abdominal wall of the mother and into the baby's amniotic sac. A concentrated salt solution is injected into the amniotic fluid. The baby breathes and swallows it, is poisoned, struggles, and sometimes convulses. It takes over an hour to kill the baby. When successful, the mother goes into labor about one day later and delivers a dead baby.

Is it actually poisoning?

Yes. The mechanism of death is acute hypernatremia or acute salt poisoning, with development of wide-spread vasodilatation, edema, congestion, hemorrhage, shock, and death. Galen et al., "Fetal Pathology and Mechanism of Death in Saline Abortion, Amer. Jour. of OB&GYN,1974, vol. 120, pp. 347-355

And other methods?

In the '70s and '80s, prostaglandin drugs were used to induce violent premature labor and delivery. When used alone, there was: "...a large complication rate (42.6%) is associated with its use. Few risks in obstetrics are more certain than that which occurs to a pregnant woman undergoing abortion after the 14th week of pregnancy." Duenhoelter & Grant, "Complications Following Prostaglandin F-2 Alpha Induced Mid-trimester Abortion." Jour. of OB & GYN, Sept. 1975

Because of these problems, the D&E or Dilatation & Evacuation method was developed and largely replaced the above. It involves the live dismemberment of the baby and piecemeal removal from below.

A pliers-like instrument is used because the baby's bones are calcified, as is the skull. There is no anesthetic for the baby. The abortionist inserts the instrument up into the uterus, seizes a leg or other part of the body, and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the baby's body. This is repeated again and again. The spine must be snapped, and the skull crushed to remove them. The nurse's job is to reassemble the body parts to be sure that all are removed.

If all causes of maternal death, other than those associated with live birth i.e., abortion, tubal pregnancy, molar pregnancy, etc., were excluded. . . . "the maternal mortality for 1985 would be 4.7 deaths per 100,000 live births." "Induced Termination of Preg . . . ," Council on Scientific Affairs, AMA; JAMA, Dec. 9, '92, Vol. 268, No. 22, p. 3231 147

And the rate has dropped further since the above, but the U.S. Center for Disease Control (see Chapter 17) does not break down their figures. It continues to report a figure for "maternal mortality" that includes abortion and other deaths.

In developed nations, almost never. The National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, receives many complicated cases from around that nation and delivers 10% of all births in Ireland. In 10 years (1970-79) it delivered 74,317 births at more than 28 weeks gestation with only one woman dying from a cause related to her pregnancy. J. Murphy et al., Therapeutic Ab., The Medical Argument, Irish Med. J., Aug. '82, Vol. 75, No. 8

Ed. note: And this report was from two decades ago. Since then medical care has improved substantially.

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