C-Sections Analysis

The government seemed to agree with this statement because the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was passed in 2003. The U.S. Legislation even released a statement saying “ A gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited”. There was also a statement from our then president, President Bush “ Terrible form of violence directed against children who are inches from birth”(Chittom and Newton). Complications for having an abortion increase 36% after the eighth week. The death of a woman grows higher with the longer you wait. There are 8.9 deaths for every one million abortions at 20 week or later("ABORTION AFTER THE FIRST TRIMESTER.").There are two common methods for having a Late-term Abortion Dilation and Evacuation(D and E), and Intact Dilation and Extraction( D and X). The most common one out of the two is Dilation and Evacuation. Dilation and Evacuation is the process of dismembering and extracting in pieces. Intact Dilation and Extraction is the more gruesome of the two. The process can take two to three days. First you dilate the cervix, then put the baby in a breech position. A breech position is where the baby is coming out feet first. The next thing is the doctor will pull the feet then proceed to go in, and make an incision at the base of the skull. The brain tissue is then removed and the skull collapses, and the rest of the body is removed( Chittom and

Four years later, I got pregnant. I was nervous, scared and anxious. The doctor I saw said that I could have a VBAC(vaginal birth after c-section). I raided the library and read books on that subject. It was then I found out that the United States had the highest incidence of C-sections in the world. Research shows that epidurals increase the use of other interventions that themselves carry risks. These interventions include electronic fetal monitoring (which has shown to increase the likelihood of a cesarean without improving outcome), I. V oxytocin, and instrumental delivery. Epidurals also deprive women of a sense of mastery over labor. Goer, Henci. "Epidurals Myth Vs Reality." Childbirth Instructor Magazine Winter 1995: 17-22

When you enter the room, the room is bright and you could hear the doctor in the background along with some voices of nurses, all sounding female. The procedure went well but was incredibly painful, then the doctor will call you later to hear the results. After three days after the procedure, the doctor called saying that he packed your uterus to prevent hemorrhaging, and it must be pulled out. Who is that woman you asked? That woman is feminist author/activist Carol Downer, who had an abortion back in the days before the legalization of the Roe vs. Wade court case. For some women today thinks that the old days of abortion were easy. What they may not know is that they were difficult, scary, traumatic, and personal experiences that can cause health problems later in life. Women born in the U.S. after the late 1950s never lived through a time when abortion was illegal. But an more of them are experiencing the same hardships that women had before the Roe v Wade case, a desperate answer to end an unwanted pregnancy, agonizing over endless reasons not to bring an unwanted child into the world, but they are discovering they may have several if not, many then they think.

Women were told that the operation was reversible which was a blatant lie. (Horn)The women were forced to sign contracts they didn’t understand. They were even receiving the operation immediately after giving birth, before the sedation had worn off. (Horn) Approximately 3,000 women were receiving the operation a year. That’s about 4-6% of the childbearing population. (Horn) That is a substantial amount of women considering that people were dying every day faster than they were being

There were a few problems with their arguments. One problem being that every report that came out had a different number when it came to the frequency of this procedure. The National Abortion Federation claimed that “this procedure is used only in about 500 cases per year” (Scully). Then a reporter named Ruth Padawer conducted her own research and learned that “at least 1500 [partial-birth abortions] a year” were being performed at one clinic (Scully). Since the numbers did not match, it was obvious that someone was not telling the truth about the issue. It seems like the proponents of the topic may have been keeping information from the public to try and make their case sound better. In addition to the number problem, there was also a problem concerning the reason for the procedure. Originally, proponents claimed that “doctors only use the procedure when a woman’s life is threatened or when the fetus is fatally deformed”, but the public soon found out that there were other (nonessential) reasons that this procedure was being used (Walker). Padawer was also told that “out of the 1500 just at that clinic . . . a miniscule amount were done to save the mother’s life” (Scully). For example, some teenage mothers were scared to admit their pregnancy until there was no other way to have an abortion than partial-birth. Also, mothers that were physically healthy but not mentally healthy could have this procedure done to relieve

Over the years, technology has changed the way medical procedure performs and has made abortion a safer option for women in all social and economic groups. During the 1880s, there were many surgical procedures that were found dangerous and risky for patients. Health professions and other people who were committed to providing abortion to women were not equipped with safe and sanitary surgical tools. They lacked skill, knowledge, and proper concern in abortion, which resulted in a significant number of deaths and severe health consequences for women. Groups such as the American Medical Association

I believe expecting mothers need to seek guidance from their doctor on whether or not she should have a vaginal birth, or follow through with a "Elective" C-Section. I feel like women are so concerned about their rights, and though our female rights are important, I also feel that we need to seek guidance from those that are medically trained to see what they think is going to be best for the mother as well as the child. If the doctor feels that the mother and the child will be okay with proceeding with an "Elective" C-Section, I think it is so important (more important than the doctor's opinion) to seek our Heavenly Father's will. Our will might not always be His will, and it is important that we come before Him in all things in order for

It is amazing to me that just a small pill was able to liberate women and change the way marriages worked. It was now women who decided whether they would be having a child. When the women in the film spoke of how the fear of getting pregnant is what kept so many women virgins, I could really see how this would have happened. These days, there are multiple ways to prevent pregnancy and therefor, more people are having sexual intercourse and not being as scared as they were back in the day. It was heartbreaking to learn about how abortion came about and how women had to secretly obtain them. It was even more heartbreaking to learn that almost 5,000 women would die due to complications because of the illegal operations. Learning about Sherri Finkbine's experiences with abortion and the public was upsetting, but I feel that it was necessary in order for abortion to become legal. After learning many cold hard facts about what happened to women when abortion was illegal, it seems ridiculous that many people today fight for abortion to be

In today's world there is a tremendous amount of information on the internet; it is our duty as the target audience to be meticulous in choosing which sites we decide to commit to. For example The Society of Thoracic Surgeon or STS my sound professional but you cannot assess a website solely by the name at the top of the web page. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons web page can be found at http://www.sts.org/ and noting the .org is a promising sign but diving deeper into the site itself. STS is a non-profit organization that is committed to ensuring patients receiving surgeries of the heart, lung esophagus and others related to the chest are getting the best possible outcomes (The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2014). According to O'Leary (2010) using an academic database can promote an end result of finding a credible website. In finding the domain, www.sts.org, MedlinePlus was the chosen database for this search. With the information at hand I knew this website was worthy of my time for further evaluation.

The clientele between the two locations are completely different. In California, his patients are majority caucasian middle-class couples. Here he gives a videotape of the sonogram to promote “bond enhancement” amidst the unborn child and the mother (Muha 1990). Whereas in Washington, the women are mostly nonnatives from India. Their culture does not approve for the producing of girls. They want only boys. If they find out they are having a female an abortion is most likely to happen.

The process of abortion is performed either medically with a pill or done surgically. Since abortion is legal in most states up to the 2nd trimester, imagine how developed some of these unborn children are at the time of abortion. The pill method causes a miscarriage to occur, while the surgical methods physically remove the baby. Vacuum aspiration involves removing the fetus by suction. The 2nd procedure of dilation and evacuation involves medically ripening the cervix and the manual removal of the fetus and placenta with forceps (Lohr, Fjerstad,

When I gave birth to my son, the recuperation process was not tough for me. I completed my pregnancy at forty weeks with a natural delivery. I was able to move around by myself with little to no pain or difficulty that same day. But, it was a complete different story when my second child came around. At thirty-seven weeks I went to the emergency room with contractions. My baby was breeched and they had to do an emergency C-section because my blood pressure was really high. Unlike, my natural delivery, I was not able to move without feeling pain. The recuperation process from my C-section consisted of many little processes throughout the day and the longest and most painful one was taking a shower.

This usually occurs during the second or third trimester. The cervix is dilated for the entry of surgical forceps (AbortionTV). The fetus is partly pulled though the vagina in a breech style. The legs of the fetus are hanging out of the womb. The doctor forces the scissors into the back of the head and spreads the scissors to increase the wound size. A suction cup is held over the fetus’s head as the brains are sucked out (AbortionTV). The body is removed and the womb is cleaned of any other birthing particles. The partial abortion procedure can have fatal side effects such as infection of the cervix, excessive bleeding of the womb, chances for the mother to be fertile decreases, and causes scarring of the uterine wall. Medical experts thought the fetus couldn’t feel the pain of the scissors going through its head but, they were wrong. Studies show that it can feel the pain three to five times more than an adult that would experience it (AbortionTV). The tiny fetus’s are sedated and numbed up so the won’t feel the intense pain.

Gina and Lindry were already parents when they became pregnant with their second child. During Gina's first pregnancy, during labor, she only dilated to 5cm and ended up having to get a c-section. For her second delivery, Gina is trying to have a VBAC. This is a vaginal birth after casearean. When Gina's water broke and she was at the hospital, nurses monitored her progress and Gina did many things to help speed things along. Gina was having back pain, so she moved to being on all fours to help alleviate the pain, she took jacuzzi baths, she also walked the halls with her husband. Once Gina was fully dilated and able to push, she questioned her ability to have her baby vaginally but she succeeded and gave birth to a healthy baby. In the video,

A first time pregnant woman in labor who has limited medical knowledge about episiotomy may become frighten when all of a sudden as she is actively pushing, the provider tells her stop because the passageway to let the baby out is narrow, therefore he/she is going to perform a procedure which involves an incision made to the vagina that will assist the birthing process, therefore allowing the baby to be delivered easily and preventing further complications. This might be really frightening to the patient due to her limited knowledge and prior misconceptions about the procedure.