{"id":84065,"date":"2016-03-07T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=84065"},"modified":"2022-09-24T10:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:52:42","slug":"abortion-safe-read-fine-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-safe-read-fine-print\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Abortion is safe?’ Read the fine print!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In just about every contract, we are told to read the fine print. This is also true of abortion, which is often\u00a0marketed as a safe\u00a0and\u00a0simple procedure. Despite the fact that there are no federal requirements<\/a> to report abortion complications, the abortion industry claims that abortions are safe.<\/p>\n

However, a look at abortion consent forms reveal that there are, in fact, serious complications associated with abortion\u2014 even early abortions. In addition, they reveal that if a complication occurs, the woman, not the abortion facility, may be held financially responsible for continued care once transferred to a hospital.<\/p>\n

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A first trimester abortion occurs within the first 12 -14 weeks of pregnancy. One of the most prevalent early abortions is the suction D&C, or aspiration\u00a0aspiration abortion procedure. In describing what takes place in this kind of abortion, Planned Parenthood writes on their website <\/a>that the abortionist:<\/p>\n

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“will empty your uterus with machine-operated suction or with a hand-held device that creates suction through a syringe. D&C (dilation and curettage) refers to use of medical instruments to open the cervix or mouth of the uterus so that the uterus can be emptied \u2014 dilation \u2014 and the use of a narrow metal loop called a curette to clean the walls of the uterus \u2014 curettage. This method is used from four to 16 weeks after a woman’s last period.“<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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1st Trimester Surgical Abortion: Aspiration (Suction) D & C
(Abortionprocedures.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

This California handbook<\/a> on abortion describes the early method this way:<\/p>\n

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“First-trimester abortions usually are completed by medical abortion (usually to 9 weeks) or aspiration curettage (often referred to as dilation and curettage, or \u201cD&C\u201d)…In a Dilation and Curettage (\u201cD&C\u201d) abortion the cervix is dilated and the walls of the uterus are scraped to remove the contents of the uterus. D&C is a general term and can refer to vacuum aspiration as well as use of the metal curette…”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dilating cervix in 1st trimester surgical abortion (abortionprocedures.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the video below, practicing obstetrician gynecologist and former abortionist\u00a0Dr. Anthony Levatino can be seen describing a suction D&C abortion:<\/p>\n