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Posted on 07/27/2003 10:03:14 PM PDT by cpforlife.org
British women are for the first time to be offered drug-induced abortions at home under plans drawn up by a leading family planning organisation.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which is responsible for 50,000 abortions a year, says that home abortions will make the procedure quicker and easier for women.
It is asking the Department of Health for the go-ahead for a pilot study of 500 home abortions. Its newly appointed chief executive, Ann Furedi, says that it will enable the charity to offer more terminations to more women, as well as enable them to be done sooner. She wants abortion to be seen as a back-up to fertility control that should be available on demand.
Home abortions would mimic the medical abortions that BPAS currently offers. Like them, they would only be appropriate for women who are up to nine weeks pregnant. A medical abortion involves four visits to a hospital or clinic. A woman sees a doctor, returns to take an oral drug, then returns once more to take a vaginal pessary, and on the fourth occasion receives a check-up.
BPAS wants to offer a treatment that cuts out attendance at the clinic, enabling women to be at home when they use the pessaries - the crucial stage leading to the expulsion of the embryo.
At this early stage of pregnancy, the fertilised ovum is an embryo, while by nine weeks the developing baby is described as a foetus, and looks like a miniature version of a baby.
"It would be like having a drug-induced miscarriage" said Ms Furedi. "It would be painful. There would be cramps, other pain and a lot of blood, for about half an hour." Disposal of the remains, she said, would be via the lavatory. "The woman would be sitting on the loo. Many women would far rather be in their own bathroom than the loo in the clinic or the hospital, which is what usually happens," explained Ms Furedi.
"We want to respond to what women want. If we reduce the amount of time people are in the clinic, then it is possible for us to see more women. A lot of women do prefer a medical abortion because it is less invasive than surgical procedure. It is like an early miscarriage."
Under the terms of the Abortion Act, terminations have to be carried out by a doctor and performed in a hospital or a "class of place" approved under the Abortion Act. The Department of Health said that it has not yet approved the pilot study. "No 'class of place' will be approved unless we are content that a woman's safety is not at risk," said a spokesman.
The number of abortions carried out in Britain has soared in the past 35 years since the passing of the Abortion Act. In 1968 there were 23,000; in 2001, there were 186,000, of which 43 per cent were carried out before nine weeks, and 45 per cent between nine and 12 weeks. The vast majority - 92 per cent - were carried out on the grounds that pregnancy would harm the physical or mental health of the mother.
Ms Furedi said that the abortion law was being interpreted liberally, and that the time had come to be more honest about it. "If the law was interpreted strictly it would be unworkable. But no woman should have a child against her will."
The pro-life organisation Life said that it feared the impact on women's health of the new home abortions.
BPAS says women undergoing home abortions can contact doctors by phone 24 hours a day, but Life says this is unsatisfactory. Katherine Hampton, of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said: "This will be very painful and women should not be left alone without back-up fully available. There must surely be a grave risk to a woman if her abortion was incomplete."
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Somehow, I doubt that it's "quicker and easier" for the baby.
At this early stage of pregnancy, the fertilised ovum is an embryo, while by nine weeks the developing baby is described as a foetus, and looks like a miniature version of a baby.
Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; do not stand back and let them die.
Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."
BARNABAS (early second century) "Never do away with an unborn child, or destroy it after its birth." (Epistle of Barnabas, chap. 19)
The DIDACHE (first century) "You shall not slay the child by abortions." (Didache 2:2)
The Apocalypse of Peter ca 135 "I saw a gorge in which the discharge and excrement of the tortured ran down and became like a lake. There sat women, and the discharge came up to their throats; and opposite them sat many children, who were born prematurely, weeping. And from them went forth rays of fire and smote the women on the eyes. These were those who produced children outside of marriage and who procured abortions." -26 "Those who slew the unborn children will be tortured forever, for God wills it to so." -2:264
Then don't get pregnant. When you have sex you risk and accept the consequences.
How are they going to make sure, someone who has a baby more then nine weeks old (like a disgruntled teen, etc.) doesn't try using this?
This is disgusting.
Can you imagine 1,000's of these happening regularly at women's homes? The trauma alone may actually be a good thing, making it more personal to them. Let them see the blood and the aftermath and the dead baby. (sorry, that sounds bad) But, maybe the TRUTH will set us free (instead of sugar-coating the process in a clinic). I don't wish it on any woman, but if they go this way, it may result in fewer abortions.
Carolyn
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Not to mention the physical 'health' of the fetus!
Disposal of the remains, she said, would be via the lavatory. "The woman would be sitting on the loo. Many women would far rather be in their own bathroom than the loo in the clinic or the hospital
I am speechless.
Make sure to put blood on your doorposts if you want the angel of death to pass over.
Then don't get pregnant. When you have sex you risk and accept the consequences.
It's not even a question of getting pregnant any longer: birth control does exist and it does work. Though it may be a sin, it is still a smaller one than murder.
I see no reason why, in this day and age in Europe (or in the USA, for that matter), a woman should get pregnant unless she wants to; if she can't deal with chastity, she can take the pill, or use a condom for example.
Public 'consultories' are available all over Europe (these are state run "family planning centres", where they have doctors, and social workers, etc. and they are free to all over sixteen, no questions asked.
This system was already working by the end of the 1970's, and I can vouch personally for their functionality. I walked in, I filled out a form, I got a doctor's appointment, had a visit, took some tests, and then went through a couple of meetings to decide what birth control I preferred (and, for example, I was informed that an IUD is an abortive method, and not a counterceptive one, so I refused it and opted for the pill). The whole thing cost about the equivalent of 10$. They set you up for your next visit, stress the importance of regular check ups etc. and everything is really well worked out. They follow the younger women closely and teach the importance of breast check-ups, pap tests, etc. This was the first place I heard about AIDS when no one in Europe was discussing it yet.
So there is really no excuse to get pregnant in the first place unless you want to.
Ah yes. The unfortunate problem that every murderer has. What to do with the ....ahem........."remains"?
You flush them, of course. Just like a turd or a piece of trash.
This behavior does and will have, the most severe consequences for humanity.
Again and again, you can find examples of abortion rates skyrocketting after legalization yet people can still claim with a straight face that making abortion illegal will either (A) not reduce the number of abortions or (B) actually increse them.
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