Abortion
- 3. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost.
- 5. 1900’s: Physicians joined with other groups - stating untrained people were performing them. All states made abortion illegal
- 7. Women unable or unwilling to raise the children should consider placing him/her up for adoption
- 10. If not legal then unsafe and unregulated practices would occur
- 11. Women would be divided into those who could afford and those who could not.
- 20. Approx. 88 % of all abortions are performed during the first trimester
- 24. After a few hours in recovery the woman can retVacuumurn home
- 26. Vagina is washes with antiseptic, Anesthetic is injected into or near the cervix.
- 28. After dilation a tube connected to a suction machine gently empties the uterus
- 29. After suction a Curette (narrow metal loop) gently scrapes the walls of the uterus
- 41. Delay of 6 or more weeks in resuming menstruation