Late-Term Abortion

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The paper gives a brief overview of late-term abortion, its definition and the reasons for this type of abortion. It continues to discuss the physical effects of late-term abortion on both the mother and the fetus. It also expands of the traumatic psychological effects on the mother and her partner post abortion. In conclusion the author of the paper offers an opinion against third-trimester abortion.

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"Third-trimester or late-term abortions are usually procedures that take two to three days to complete. The abortion itself is performed on the second or third day once the cervix has dilated wide enough to ensure that the fetus can be safely extracted or expelled. In most cases, fetal demise occurs the first day of laminaria insertion, being "a cone of dried seaweed that swells as it absorbs water and thus dilates the cervix non-traumatically in preparation for induced abortion or induced labor" (Dwyer 89). The drugs that are used during this procedure are digoxin and lidocaine which are inserted directly into the uterus. Once dilation is complete, late-term abortions usually take two to four hours and are performed with IV sedation or a general anesthetic."

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