If u r a big enough boy to have sex, create a baby & then decide to terminate the pregnancy near the end of the 2nd trimester, u r old enough to know exactly what is going to happen. There r a couple that require medications.
The D&E (dilation & extraction) is the most common type of second trimester abortion. During this procedure, the mother is cervix must be dilated much more than in a first trimester abortion simply because her baby is now too large to pull it from the uterus solely by using the suction machine.
After sufficient dilation is accomplished, the abortionist begins the D&E procedure by rupturing the amniotic sac which contains the unborn child. He then begins the process of dismembering the baby & pulling it out of the uterus in pieces. To do this, the abortionist uses suction as well as surgical forceps which basically act like a pair of pliers. He inserts this instrument into the uterus & starts to open & close it until a part of the baby or placenta is grasped. That piece is torn off & is pulled out. This process is repeated until the abortionist feels that the procedure has been completed.
Sometimes, the baby is skull is too large to pull out of the uterus, so the abortionist must first crush it with the forceps. The abortionist will know that the child is skull has been sufficiently collapsed when the baby is brains flow out of the uterus. Among abortionists this is called the ''calvaria sign'' & it signals that the skull will then be much easier to remove.
Once the abortionist has pulled out everything he can feel with the forceps, he will use a curette to scrape any remaining parts off the sides of the uterus. After that, the suction machine can be used again to vacuum up whatever debris is still in the uterus.
Throughout a D&E procedure, all of the extracted baby parts r placed on a tray where they r then reassembled. This is done to make certain that the entire baby is accounted for & that no parts r left behind.
One way that the D&E procedure is often made easier is by killing the baby a day or so before the procedure is scheduled. This extra step is generally referred to as a ''ditch'' & is accomplished by inserting a long needle through the mother is abdomen & into the heart of her baby. Then, a chemical agent - usually digoxin - is injected through the needle causing the child is death. The advantage of doing this is that the feticidal agent (digoxin) causes the child is body to soften, making the dismemberment & removal process much easier. Despite that advantage, however, ditching does have one potential downside. Because the chemical used to kill the baby is toxic, it is crucial for the abortionist to know that he has inserted the needle into the baby & not the mother. To verify that, the abortionist will sometimes let go of the needle before injecting the drug & see if it jumps around independent of the mom is movements. If so, he knows that he has hit the baby & can proceed. (This part of the ditching process is sometimes referred to as ''harpooning the whale'').
A variation of the D&E is called intact D&E. In this procedure, the baby is not pulled out in pieces but removed whole. Normally, the abortionist will use a feticidal chemical to kill the baby first or he will position the baby so that he can crush its skull. However, in some cases the baby will actually survive the procedure & emerge alive. In the abortion industry, live births r referred to as ''The Dreaded Complication.''
Since most Intact D&E abortions r performed on babies who r too young to survive once separated from the mother, the usual response to a live birth is to simply set the child aside & allow it to die on its own. The abortion industry calls this practice ''comfort care.'' In some cases, abortionists have been observed actively killing the child by drowning it, crushing its tracheal tube, or snapping its neck.
Another type of second trimester procedure is known as instillation. This procedure begins with the abortionist sticking a long needle through the mother is abdomen & into the baby is amniotic fluid sac. A substantial amount of amniotic fluid is then drained from the sac & replaced with either a saline or urea solution. This usually kills the child, but it may take hours during which some women report feeling their baby violently thrashing around. Photos of children killed by instillation procedures generally show massive chemical burns covering the child is entire body.
Once the process of killing the baby has been initiated, the mother is given drugs to induce labor so she will eventually deliver the dead child. Because there have been cases where babies have survived this process, some abortionists inject a drug into the baby is heart prior to delivery to make sure it is dead. (Urea has also been used as a prepping agent for D&E abortions. The urea is inserted into the amniotic sac but instead of inducing labor, a D&E is performed. The advantage of this is that the urea solution helps soften up the baby & makes it easier to dismember & remove.)
Another type of second trimester procedure is called induction. The mother is given a drug - usually prostaglandin or oxytocin - that causes her to go into labor. Often the abortionist will kill the baby at the same time in order to avoid the possibility that the mom will deliver a live baby. In other instances, the labor-inducing drug which was given to the mother will kill her baby. However, it is well established that live births r a real possibility with induction procedures. As in the case of Intact D&E abortions, these procedures r usually performed on babies who r too young to survive outside the womb. Again, if the baby emerges alive, the usual response is to set the child aside & allow it to die on its own, or for the abortionist to kill it once it is delivered.
The final methods of second trimester abortion r hysterectomy & hysterotomy. Of the more than one million American babies killed by abortion every year, approximately 5000 r destroyed in this manner. The relative rarity of these procedures is driven by the fact that they have a higher incidence of maternal complications & death than other second trimester abortion methods. During a hysterectomy abortion, the mother is entire uterus (including the baby) is removed & the baby usually dies during the procedure. The hysterotomy abortion is similar to a cesarean section. The abortionist does not remove the uterus, but cuts it open & removes the baby. If the child was not killed prior to removal, it is set aside to die.