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- From: darkstar@milton.u.washington.edu (Alden Hackmann)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: coat hanger?
- Message-ID: <darkstar.711916434@milton>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 18:33:54 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.113140.8684@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <darkstar.711313776@milton> <1992Jul16.201238.8966@wuecl.wustl.edu>
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- dgp@atlas.wustl.edu (Don Porter) writes:
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- ><1992Jul16.113140.8684@uoft02.utoledo.edu> pvittal@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
- >>> i recently read about a girl who died from a " coat hanger " abortion.
- >>> what is this procedure? i'm dead certain it was illegal as i read it in
- >>> a crime beat.
-
- ><darkstar.711313776@milton> (Alden Hackmann) writes:
- >> The pregnant girl did not have access to a legal and safe abortion, and so
- >> attempted to end her pregnancy in the following manner: She straightened
- >> out a wire coat hanger, leaving a slight hook at the end. She introduced
- >> the end of the coat hanger into her cervix, and hence to her uterus. (We
- >> should pause here to mention that this is extremely painful.) She then
- >> attempted to use the hook to sufficiently disrupt the uterine lining so as
- >> to dislodge the implanted embryo. (This is also extremely painful.) She
- >> then withdrew the coat hanger, assuming that she had not fainted from the
- >> pain.
-
- >1. Is this an actual case, or a generic description?
-
- A generic description of my understanding of the procedure.
-
- >2. I thought that in a "coat hanger" abortion, the wire hanger was
- > used as a speculum, not as a curette. This kind of homemade
- > abortion is dangerous enough, without describing a procedure
- > many times even more dangerous.
-
- I must admit that I have read no "do-it-yourself" abortion manuals, so I
- am not completely up to date. I would be interested to know what item IS
- used as a curette in the infamous coat-hanger abortion, if not a coat-hanger.
-
- Alden
-