The Physical and Mental Effects of ABORTION

Tania Benitez

Know the facts before you make a decision that can change your life for ever!!!

What is abortion• Abortion is the termination of a

pregnancy. • Whether a women's pregnancy is

terminated by choice or by accident, it is still considered abortion.

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What is a fetus?

• A fetus is an unborn child. • The fetal stage comes after the

embryonic stage, after the eighth week of gestation or the 10th week of pregnancy, and lasts until birth.

• As an embryo develops into a fetus, it grows arms and legs and begins to develop fingers and toes.

• The fetus begins to form ears and eyelids. During the eighth week of pregnancy, the fetus’s lungs begin to develop and its brain continues development.

• At this stage the embryo is still very small, less than 0.75 of an inch long.

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Reasons for Abortions After 16 Weeks Since Last Menstrual Period

• Did not recognize the pregnancy 71% • Had difficulty making arrangements for

abortion 48% • Was afraid to tell parents or partner 33% • Needed time to make decision 24% • Hoped relationship would change 8%

Reasons for Abortions After 16 Weeks Since Last Menstrual Period Continued

• Was pressured not to have abortion 8% • Something changed during pregnancy 6% • Did not know timing was important 6% • Did not know abortion was an option 5% • Fetal abnormality was diagnosed late 2% • Other 11%

• Given the large amount of abortions performed each year, the actual number of abortions done after the first twelve weeks of pregnancy is quite large, even though it is a small percentage of the 1.3 million abortions done annually.

• Number of abortions Weeks of pregnancy90,000 13-15 weeks60,000 16-20 weeks 15,000 21 or more weeks600 after 26 weeks*

• *(after the unborn child is 6 months old)

• Rape •

Rape is a horrible abuse with traumatic effects for many of its victims. A

woman who carries in her womb a child of a rape is bound to feel negatively towards the child. Nevertheless, Should we make an innocent creature pay for his father's crime?

Pregnancy Through Rape or Incest• If a girl is raped she may have trouble

connecting emotionally with the child.• A girl can have emotional problems after the

trauma of the rape and may be unable to cope with a pregnancy or raising a child.

• “Some people say abortion is murder while others say it is the most humane way to terminate a pregnancy”.

• Abortion can cause serious mental and physical problems, in some cases even death.• Abortion can lead to problems

such as depression, anger , sadness and guilt.

Complication

MY INTERVIEW • One of the key parts of helping a mom or dad recover

from an abortion is to help them work through the anger stage of the grieving process. That is, once the person can get to the point of being willing to accept the child as a person to be grieved for instead of a bad memory that they have tried very hard to forget. The woman especially can be very angry at herself, the abortion clinic, the father, anyone involved in her decision or even God. One chapter is dedicated to anger only in the post abortion Bible study we use. It is the only chapter that we offer to go over for two weeks instead of the regular one week interval per chapter.

5 Types of Abortion!

• SUCTION ABORTION: USED BEFORE 10 WEEKS • A tube is inserted into the uterus and

connected to a strong suction machine. The vacuum is so powerful the baby is ripped to pieces and sucked into a jar -- arms, legs, torso, and head.• Done at abortion clinics.

• D & C ABORTIONS: • The D&C abortion is done before 12 weeks. A

hook-shaped knife is inserted into the uterus and cuts the baby into small pieces. His head is crushed with the forceps to allow removal through the narrow passage. The womb is then scraped out completely. Bleeding is sometimes profuse.

• Done at abortion clinics.

• PROSTAGLANDIN ABORTIONS: • This hormone drug, injected into the

amniotic sac, produces labor and premature birth. The baby in most cases is born alive with a heart beat and is then put aside to die.

• SALINE ABORTION: • A strong poison solution of salt is injected,

through the belly, into the amniotic sac. The helpless baby is forced to swallow this deadly poison. He suffers severely; he kicks and jerks violently; he is being burned alive, and his skin peels off. Twenty-four to 48 hours later the mother delivers a dead baby.

• HYSTEROTOMY ABORTIONS: • As in a Cesarean Section, the abdomen

is cut open and the baby is lifted out while he moves, squirms, fights to breathe, and sometimes cries. While his heart is beating he is left to die.

Manual Vaccum Aspiration What is MVA? MVA is used to abort a child from 3 weeks to 12 weeks of age. This handheld syringe works by creating its own vacuum/suction. MVAs are used and reused millions of times a year around the world. The major problem with the MVA is that it has a very weak vacuum. This means that the child is ripped apart slowly.

• Cannula• This is simply a hollow plastic tube that is attached

to a suction machine by a flexible hose. In early-term abortions it is used to kill and dismember the baby, and then suck it out of the mother's uterus. In later abortions where other techniques are used to kill and dismember the baby, the cannula/suction machine is used to vacuum out the uterus and make certain that no parts of the baby are left behind.

• Curette• This is a metal rod with a handle on one end

and a sharp loop on the other. It is used to scrape along the wall of the mother's uterus and dislodge her child.

• Forceps• This is a metal instrument that resembles a

pair of scissors but functions like a pair of pliers. They come in several different styles but regardless of design they are used to grasp, pull apart, and/or remove the baby. Forceps are especially useful in collapsing the skull and making it easier to pull the skull through the mother's cervix.

PerforatorsThere were hundreds of designs. They were used to stab into the baby's head, tearing it into pieces.

• Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the United States each year. More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives.

• While women of every social class seek terminations, the typical woman who ends her pregnancy is either young, white, unmarried, poor, or over the age of 40.

Quotes! • "Then people brought little

children to him, for him to lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples scolded them, but Jesus said, 'Let the little children alone, and do not stop them from coming to me; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of Heaven belongs.' Then he laid his hands on them and went on his way." The Bible: Matthew 21:13-15

• "You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart. When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there — you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in you book, before any of them ever began."

The Bible: Psalm 139: 13-16

This little angel was born on May 9, 2009.

Karina Benitez was 17 years old when she found out she was pregnant, She decided have an abortion. Only 9 weeks pregnant, this little boy was going to be killed by a heartless person. The good thing was that I intervened and was able to STOP decision. Pedro is now about to be 4 years old and he brings only happiness into our home

Work Cited

• http://www.emmerich1.com/ABORTION.ht• http://www.abortiontv.com/Methods/them

anyways.htm • http://www.californiaprolife.org/resources/ab

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