Word: uteruses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First championed by women's groups in the early 1970s, when abortion was $ illegal in most states, menstrual extraction is a variation of the vacuum aspirations used in medical clinics. A thin plastic tube is first inserted through the cervix into the uterus. Then the uterine lining, along with an embedded fertilized egg, is suctioned out by pumping a syringe attached to the tubing. Proponents of the procedure insist that it is safe...
...complications. "There's no way that watching a video and seeing someone demonstrate this is going to make self-help procedures safe," declares gynecologist Michael Burnhill of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J. Possible dangers: missing the tiny fertilized egg, lacerating the cervix, perforating the uterus, and spreading bacterial infection...
Several unsuccessful attempts to implant them in her uterus followed. Meanwhile the marriage disintegrated. Last month, when the couple began divorce proceedings, seven of the fertilized eggs remained in cold storage at Knoxville's Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Now a custody battle is shaping up that may make the Baby M. case look simple by comparison: a court in Blount County, Tenn., must decide who gets the eggs...
...implications of a statement like that are far-reaching. If the Court were to rule that life begins at conception, not only would abortion be legally considered murder, but oral contraception and the IUD, which prevent initial implantation of the embryo in the lining of the uterus, would also become illegal. Fortunately, it is unlikely that the Court will rule to overturn the District Court's decision on this point...
...that vaginal births are possible for 50% to 80% of women who have had C-sections. At the same time, the case against the surgical procedure has mounted. Caesarean sections carry all the risks of major surgery, including complications associated with anesthesia, blood transfusions and infection, especially of the uterus. The incidence of maternal mortality is twice as high for women who undergo repeat caesareans, and infants are at increased risk for respiratory problems and distress caused by anesthesia given to the mother. On balance, the benefits of vaginal deliveries after C-sections have long outweighed the advantages of surgical...