{"id":192618,"date":"2018-12-15T08:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=192618"},"modified":"2018-12-15T22:04:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T04:04:33","slug":"miscarriage-ectopic-delivery-not-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/miscarriage-ectopic-delivery-not-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and early delivery are not abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Too often, inaccurate medical terms have led many women to believe they have undergone abortions when nothing could be further from the truth. Let’s clear up the facts and make sure women have the whole story.<\/p>\n

Miscarriage is Not Abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The insensitive term “spontaneous abortion” is often used in medical settings instead of the term “miscarriage.” Many a woman has been devastated when, while recovering from a miscarriage in an emergency room or a doctor’s office, she is informed that her “spontaneous abortion” is complete.<\/p>\n

A miscarriage — the completely unintentional<\/em> death of a child in-utero — is not remotely related to an actual abortion. Actual abortion — whether conducted through means of the abortion pill<\/a> or surgical procedures<\/a> — is the on-purpose, consciously chosen, and fully intended violent taking of a child’s life. The distinction between miscarriage and abortion becomes clear when Dr. Anthony Levatino’s videos describing abortion procedures<\/a> are viewed.<\/p>\n

No woman suffering through a miscarriage should be made to feel that she has had an abortion.<\/p>\n

A D&C Procedure (or Taking Pills After a Miscarriage) is Not an Abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Far too many women have been guilt-tripped into believing that undergoing a D&C procedure or taking a pill to clear their uterus after a miscarriage<\/em> is no different than a woman who has consciously chosen an abortion.<\/p>\n

However, a woman who has a D&C or takes a medication after an incomplete miscarriage has\u00a0not<\/em> chosen an abortion. An incomplete miscarriage arises when the child dies inside his mother’s womb, but has not yet been expelled by the mother’s body. This can cause health and infection risks to the mother, and doctors commonly recommend either a D&C procedure or the misoprostol pill to clear the woman’s uterus.<\/p>\n

While a D&C is\u00a0also<\/em> used to commit an abortion, a D&C is not always<\/em> an abortion. It completely depends on the purpose: is a D&C being committed while a child is still alive in her mother’s womb? If so, it’s an abortion. Is a D&C being used to clear the mother’s womb after her child is dead and her body is not naturally cooperating? If so, it is most certainly\u00a0not<\/em> an abortion. The animated video below shows a D&C suction aspiration abortion being used to kill a living human being — not one that has already died:<\/p>\n