Before anyone can argue whether abortion should be considered murder …show more content…
Suction abortion is most often used in the first trimester. The abortionist inserts a suction tube into the mother’s womb. The suction and cutting edge dismember the baby while the hose suck the body parts into a bottle. During a Dilation and curettage the abortionist uses a loop shaped knife to cut the baby up into pieces and and scrape the uterine wall. Then the baby’s body parts are removed to check to make sure that no pieces were left in the mother’s womb. Dilation and evacuation is used to abort babies in the second trimester. The abortionist pulls the baby out and crushes the baby’s head. It’s hard to perform because the baby’s bones are strong at this point. Dilation and extraction: use to abort babies all the way to the third trimester. The abortionist reaches into the mother’s womb, grabs the baby’s feet, and pulls the baby out of the mother except for the head. The abortionist then jams a pair of scissors into the back of the baby’s head and spreads the scissors apart to make a hole in the baby’s head. The abortionist removes the scissors and sticks a suction tube into the skull and sucks the baby’s brain out. Then the forceps are used to crush the baby’s head and the abortionist pulls the baby’s body out the rest of the way. Hysterotomy is performed in the third trimester. The abortionist makes an incision in the mother’s abdomen then, the baby is set aside to either die or be killed by a nurse. Mifepristone is a …show more content…
23 states have fetal homicide laws that apply to the earliest stages of a pregnancy. Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 720 section 5/9-2.1 and section 5/9-3.2 define intentional homicide of an unborn child voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child, respectively. The laws define “unborn child” as any individual of the human species from fertilization until birth. The law’s also specify that these provisions do not apply to the death of an unborn child if the those acts were committed during abortion to which the pregnant women has consented or to acts which were committed pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical practice during testing of treatment (Fetal Homicide State