{"id":194529,"date":"2019-01-31T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=194529"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:31:53","slug":"abortionists-easy-botch-abortions-injure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionists-easy-botch-abortions-injure\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionists describe how easy it is to botch abortions and injure women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most serious abortion<\/a> complications a woman can suffer is a perforated uterus. A patient can bleed to death from this complication.\u00a0In Salon<\/em> magazine<\/a>, a publication not known to be pro-life,\u00a0one abortionist is quoted as saying, “There are only two kinds of doctors who have never perforated a uterus: those that lie and those who don\u2019t do abortions.\u201d Late-term abortionist Henry Morgentaler describes a uterine perforation and explains how it happens<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What happens during dilatation is that the doctor tries to widen the diameter of the cervical canal leading to the uterine cavity by pushing metal dilators through it. As he does this, he encounters muscular resistance. \u2026 The doctor overcomes this resistance by steady pressure until it gives way and the dilator slips into the uterine cavity. Occasionally, the resistance gives way suddenly and the dilator is then propelled into the uterus with a force which might bring it in too far, thus perforating the uterine wall. In pregnancy, the uterine wall softens considerably and thins out in certain places; if the dilator hits a weakened spot, it might go through it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Morgentaler then explains the harm this can cause:<\/p>\n

[T]he doctor will try to evacuate the uterus but may find that no material is forthcoming because his instruments, instead of being in the uterine cavity, are elsewhere, usually in the abdominal cavity. If the aspiration cannula or sharp curette is used, it may damage the small intestine or rupture a major blood vessel with immediate shock a likely occurrence. Major surgery is then needed to repair the damaged abdominal organs.<\/em><\/p>\n

READ: Former abortionist: Women don\u2019t discuss botched abortions because they want to forget<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharon Hampton went to abortionist Bruce Steir<\/a> for a second trimester abortion. Steir later pleaded guilty to perforating Hampton’s uterus, pulling out part of her bowel, and stuffing it back into her body and sending her home to bleed to death. He was convicted of manslaughter. Years later, Steir wrote:<\/p>\n

The demise of my patient was from a perforation of the uterus. This is a well-known complication. Any experienced abortion provider will admit to having had at least one. If he or she denies ever having perforated a uterus then I must conclude that they either have not performed too many second trimester abortions, or they are in denial, or just covering up with a sense of false pride.(1)<\/em><\/p>\n

The most common second trimester abortion procedure is a dilation and evacuation, or D&E, abortion. The procedure takes several days, and begins with the abortionist dilating the woman’s cervix. One to two days later, she returns to the abortion facility, and the abortionist uses a sopher clamp to dismember the preborn baby limb from limb. Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains the procedure in the video below:<\/p>\n