{"id":235070,"date":"2020-11-23T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T22:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=235070"},"modified":"2022-01-07T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T20:23:20","slug":"nebraska-dismemberment-abortion-ban-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nebraska-dismemberment-abortion-ban-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska’s dismemberment abortion ban goes into effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Nebraska bill banning dismemberment abortions was passed by the legislature earlier this year<\/a>. Now, with no legal challenges against it, it has officially taken effect.<\/p>\n

The Omaha World-Herald reported<\/a> that the law took effect last week. This means that dilation and evacuation, or D&E, abortions are now illegal in the state of Nebraska. Often committed in the second trimester, a D&E is a violent procedure that takes several days to complete, and results in the dismemberment of a child who is often still alive.<\/p>\n

On the first day, the abortionist inserts laminaria into the mother’s cervix to begin dilation. After one to two days, the abortionist uses a speculum to open her cervix further, and vacuums amniotic fluid from the mother’s uterus. The abortionist then uses an instrument with sharp “teeth,” called a sopher clamp, to literally rip the preborn baby limb from limb. The final part of the procedure is finding, and crushing, the baby’s head.<\/p>\n

This procedure is committed in the second trimester, after the preborn baby can almost certainly feel pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n