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ABORTION: THE HORRIFIC SLAYING OF INFANTS
Victor M.
Eskew
“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in the
coasts of Bethlehem, from two years old and under, according to the time which
he had diligently inquired of the wise men” (Matt. 2:16). It is easy to read
this verse and pass on with little or no feeling about the horrific slaying of
the infants in and around
Herod’s actions of two thousand years ago cause us to think of him as an
evil and wicked man and rightfully so!
It takes a very cold heart to brutally snuff out the life of innocent
little children. Yet, millions of
innocent lives are brought to a cruel end in our present society and very little
is said. The murder of small
children is performed hundreds of times each day in abortion clinics throughout
our land. We know this is
happening, but we seem to have little, if any, feelings about these tragic
deaths. Perhaps we need to pause
and ask ourselves: “How are these
children being killed?”
There are eleven common methods used to perform abortions in medical
clinics. The following is a list of
these methods:
1.
Suction
Aspiration
2.
Menstrual
Extraction
3.
Dilation and Curettage
(D&C)
4.
Dilation and Evacuation
(D&E)
5.
Saline
Abortion
6.
Urea
Abortion
7.
Prostaglandin
Abortion
8.
Hysterotomy
9.
Hysterectomy
10.
Abortion Pill
(RU-486)
11.
Partial Birth Abortion
(D&X)
Let’s examine the techniques
of three of these abortion methods.
Suction Aspiration: This is the most common
method of abortion during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. General or local anesthesia is given to
the mother and her cervix is dila-ted.
A suction curette (hollow tube with a knife-edge tip) is inserted into
the womb. This instrument is then
connected to a vacuum machine by a transparent tube. The vacuum suc-tion, 29 times more
powerful than a household vacuum cleaner tears the unborn child into pieces
which are sucked out through the tube into a bottle and
discarded.
Saline Abortion: “Salt-poisoning” or the
saline method is used after the sixteenth week of pregnancy. A needle is inserted through the
abdominal wall, through the uterine wall and into the amniotic sac. Some of the amniotic fluid is removed
and replaced with a concentrated salt solution. The unborn child breaths in and swallows
the salt and is poisoned by it. The
mother goes into labor and a dead baby is delivered 24 to 48 hours
later.
Partial Birth Abortion
(D&X): D&X stands for “Dilation
and Extraction.” This partial birth
method of abortion is used when the fetus is 26 weeks of age or older. After dilating the cervix for two days,
the abortionist uses ultrasound to locate the fetus’ legs. One leg is pulled into the vagina with
forceps, then the other leg and torso are delivered by hand. The head of the fetus remains in the
uterus. Using blunt-tipped surgical
scissors in a closed position, the abortionist pierces the fetus’ head at the
base of the skull, and then opens the scissors to enlarge the hole. A suction catheter is inserted into the
womb and the skull contents are vacuumed out. The corpse is then pulled completely
from the mother’s womb.
Gruesome and horrific are
hardly appropriate words to describe the processes of abortion. However, over 1.2 million abortions are
performed in the
The Bible proclaims that God hates the shedding of innocent blood (Prov. 6:16-19). Such catastrophic waste of human life grieves the heart of Jehovah. It should grieve the people of God as well. We should be doing all that we can to protect human life. Please note: When the right to life is abandoned in a nation, no other rights really matter.