Another reason, by 22 weeks the baby is technically able to live outside the womb. The baby will struggle if born at 20 weeks because he/she isn’t ready to live outside of the womb yet. But 9 out of 10 of the babies born at 20 weeks survive. At 24 weeks all of the baby’s organs are fully developed. By 18 weeks he or she can hear the mother’s heartbeat and sounds outside of the body. How could someone kill a fully developed baby, let alone one at all?
However, there are many different procedures to having a late term abortion. One being partial birth abortion. It is done when the pregnancy is further along. A dilator is inserted, then the patient's water should break a couple of days later, they then return to their doctor to finish the rest …show more content…
This specific abortion is done after the third month of pregnancy. Laminaria sticks are inserted into the cervix which causes it to dilate. Laminaria sticks are made of seaweed compressed into thin sticks. Pliers are inserted into the uterus through the cervix. The doctor finds a limb and with a twisting motion, he rips it off. He does this until everything but the head remains. The skull is then crushed into pieces and is pulled out one-by-one. The nurse has to reassemble the baby to make sure no pieces were left behind. Let alone, legal abortions in the United States doubled between 1973 and 1979. Women in their 20s had the highest abortion rates in 2013. The abortion rate of women with Medicaid coverage is three times higher than women without it. 89-92% of all abortions happen during the first trimester. 96% of more than 140,000 second-trimester abortions that occur in the United States are accomplished by Dilation and Evacuation. In 1972, 39 women died as a result of illegal abortions. 40% of minors having abortions report that neither of their parents knew about it. In 2013, 16.7% of all United States pregnancies ended in abortion. 906,000 abortions took place in 2015. Almost 13,000 fully developed babies are aborted
However, there are many different procedures to having a late term abortion. One being partial birth abortion. It is done when the pregnancy is further along. A dilator is inserted, then the patient's water should break a couple of days later, they then return to their doctor to finish the rest …show more content…
This specific abortion is done after the third month of pregnancy. Laminaria sticks are inserted into the cervix which causes it to dilate. Laminaria sticks are made of seaweed compressed into thin sticks. Pliers are inserted into the uterus through the cervix. The doctor finds a limb and with a twisting motion, he rips it off. He does this until everything but the head remains. The skull is then crushed into pieces and is pulled out one-by-one. The nurse has to reassemble the baby to make sure no pieces were left behind. Let alone, legal abortions in the United States doubled between 1973 and 1979. Women in their 20s had the highest abortion rates in 2013. The abortion rate of women with Medicaid coverage is three times higher than women without it. 89-92% of all abortions happen during the first trimester. 96% of more than 140,000 second-trimester abortions that occur in the United States are accomplished by Dilation and Evacuation. In 1972, 39 women died as a result of illegal abortions. 40% of minors having abortions report that neither of their parents knew about it. In 2013, 16.7% of all United States pregnancies ended in abortion. 906,000 abortions took place in 2015. Almost 13,000 fully developed babies are aborted