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In<\/span> her 2022 memoir<\/span><\/a>, abortionist Christine Henneberg describes abortion procedures she witnessed and committed.<\/span><\/p>\n

A surgical first trimester abortion is done by inserting an instrument called a cannula into the woman’s womb. It’s attached to a suction machine. The powerful suction tears apart the child and pulls him or her out in pieces. The abortionist must then check the remains to make sure they have removed all body parts, or the woman can suffer an infection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Henneberg says, “At 10 to 12 weeks, it’s obvious what you’re looking for: tiny hands and legs, a string of vertebrae, the translucent eggshell of the fetal skull called the calvarium.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in pregnancy, at five to eight weeks gestation (when the baby is three to six weeks post-fertilization) the child is less developed, very small, and torn apart completely by the suction machine. There may be no visible body parts. But Henneberg sees the gestational sac. She describes it as looking “delicate and transparent” but says:<\/span><\/p>\n

[P]ress this little membrane under your gloved fingertip, and you will feel something stronger than you could ever have imagined. No matter how hard you pull and press on it, it will not tear.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It is enough to make you wary of what you have just done\u2014something unnatural, yes, and nature has put up tremendous barriers to resist it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Abortion, Henneberg admits, is “unnatural.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTorturing\u201d Women<\/span><\/h3>\n

Henneberg also writes about the pain abortion causes women. Describing dilating a woman’s cervix with laminaria (also called osmotic dilators) before second trimester D&E procedures, she says, “The placement of osmotic dilators can be very painful\u2026 When I was learning the procedure, many of the women cried out in pain\u2026 At first, I couldn’t stand it. I felt I was torturing them\u2026”<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, after committing abortions for years, Henneberg is used to causing pain.<\/span><\/p>\n