Prostaglandin Abortion This method is often used for mid- and late-term abortions. The mother is given prostaglandin, a hormone that induces labor. Often the baby is delivered dead, a result of the trauma. To ensure the baby is not born alive, a drug is injected into the baby’s heart, killing it, so that it is born dead.

D and X This method of abortion is for mid- to late-term pregnancies and involves the abortionist using forceps to position the baby feet first so that it is delivered except for the head. At this point, the baby is most definitely viable and alive and kicking around. A pair of dull tipped surgical scissors is shoved into the base of the skull and spreads the tips apart to expand the wound. A suction catheter is placed into the baby’s skull and the brain is sucked out. The skull collapses and the baby’s head passes without difficulty through the cervix.

With the last two methods, babies have survived. It is important to ask a clinic what their protocol is, should a baby survive the procedure, and that you are ok with their answer. Click to finish this article...