A partial birth abortion dialogue.

From the Stony Creek Blog. My comments in bold.

The blog that these comments are coming from is an excellent example of what Zach Frey asks. Women in _________ position have the problem that their blood pressure is skyrocketing…therefore inducing contractions or doing major abdominal surgery would be very risky for her stroking out.

I just had an RN quoting an OB on my blog who said that in conditions where it is crucial to get the baby out to prevent stroke, C-section is the fastest easiest way to go and the one that most OBs would choose.

However, generally in cases where the uterus is weak and the mother would like to try again to have a child, then D&X or PBA is used as there is less sharp instrumentation used inside the womb.

I’ve read conflicts on this too. The forcible dilation of the cervix can make damage the cervical integrity and make carrying to term in the next pregnancy more uncertain. In fact, the blogger over at Hyperemesis Gravidarum blames her abortion on her incompetent cervix and the problems she had in subsequent pregnancies.

Now, you might say – correctly – that the PBA bill would allow _____ to abort because her life is at risk. BUT remember that she’s already in the hospital. A stroke wouldn’t necessarily kill her. Her kidney’s were failing, but again…she’s in the hospital with access to dialysis. So would she die?

If you go into the archives, there was 24 hours or so between the time of diagnosis and delivery of the babies. That throws up a lot of red flags in my mind as to why something wasn’t done sooner. And also why a procedure that requires time to dilate was done instead of an immediate C-section.

And of course, this bill stops NO abortions, just makes the doctor use a method that may not be the best choice for the few women that would other be given a PBA. And why? Because its “gruesome”. But what makes PBA more gruesome then D&E? D&E is the one where the child/fetus is literally ripped apart.

Which gives me even more questions as I listed above. Dilation isn’t risk free and since it isn’t performed that often why isn’t the more common C-section which most Obs are very proficient to perform considered the best option. It is of course, unless you are trying to prevent a live birth.

So that is why I’m horrified by this bill. No abortions stopped, legislators deciding that women aren’t allowed to have the safest procedure available,

I don’t think any one has established that it is the safest procedure available.
1. It still compromises the cervix.
2. Same risks of infection and injury
3. Requires more time to perform.
4. Fewer done so fewer OBs as proficient in performing them as the C-section.

I don’t think it has been established that is is the “safest” by a long shot.

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