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Manual Vacuum Aspiration
MVA is used to abort a child from 6 weeks to 12 weeks of age. This handheld syringe works by creating its own vacuum/suction. MVAs are used and reused millions of times a year around the world. The major problem with the MVA is that it has a very weak vacuum. This means that the child is ripped apart slowly.
One side of the loop is sharp for cutting the child apart. The other side scrapes the uterus to remove the placenta.
This abortion instrument’s uses include injecting saltwater into the uterus. The baby swallows and breathes the poison. The cause of the death is congestion, hemorrhage and shock. The mother goes into premature labor about a day later and delivers a dead child. The other use is to inject the chemicals (digoxin, potassium chloride, etc.) into the heart of the baby. In both uses, these harsh chemicals soften the child’s corpse, making it easier to rip apart and remove.
This abortion tool is used to crush, grasp, and pull the child’s body apart.
This instrument is used to cut off the head, arms and legs.
For dividing the crown of the baby from crown to base.
This abortion instrument was used for
perforating and crushing the baby’s head.
The Lollini
This perforator was used to perform a craniotomy on the baby as the preliminary
process in collapsing the skull, which would allow subsequent extraction
Tire-tete
This abortion intrument’s purpose was to hold the baby’s head with the spiked ends.
Once the head was held, a long thin probe was pushed deep into the skull like a sword.
The instrument held the baby’s head, so once it was cut off, it would not float around in the uterus.
Cranioclast
This instrument was used to crush the baby’s skull so as to allow the extraction
Tire-Tete
This abortion instrument works by pushing the spike into the child’s head. Once it is inside, the button is pushed. When it flattens, you can pull the child out.
Embryotome
This instrument was used to cut off the baby’s head, legs and arms.
Smellie’s Double Crochet
This abortion tool was used to grab and rip the baby out.
Jacquemier’s Decapitator
Luer Cranial Perforator
This abortion instrument was used to drill a hole in
the baby’s head to collapse the skull for extraction.
This abortion instrument’s only function was to take out the child’s decapitated head.
This abortion instrument was used to stab into the
baby. The handles would be squeezed, which would
then open the blades. You can imagine the rest of it.
The folded hooks are positioned around the back of the neck and the
handles turn apart 180 degrees causing the cervical spine to fracture.
This abortion instrument was used to capture
the baby’s head once it was cut off.
These instruments were designed to be pushed into the baby’s skull
and opened, cutting it into pieces, which caused a very slow and painful death.
This instrument was used for obtaining a firm grasp of the baby’s head. The
heavy crochet has 3 sharp teeth and was applied to the outside and inside of the cranium.
Braun’s Cranial Perforator
This abortion instrument was used to bore a
hole in the baby’s skull to allow easier extraction.
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