Surgical abortion is barbaric

I am not religious nor do I believe life begins at conception. I do not have anything against medical pill abortions as it’s not a baby yet. But can I just say the process of surgical abortion especially 2nd trimester and 3rd trimester and the way it is done is just barbaric and grotesque. And I’m not for mothers keeping a miscarriage in their wombs once the baby is dead. But 2nd and 3rd trimester dilation& excavation or currettage process knowing how it is done made me want to throw up. The pictures were ghastly too. Some people may say it’s a necessary evil, or that abortion is healthcare right. I’m not for abortion bans but I personally would never get a surgical abortion and think the baby should be Caesarian section delivered early ( especially with rape/sexual abuse victims and mothers who are health predicaments with their pregnancies ) so they don’t have to continue their pregnancies. and allowed to live as long as it can. My god who knew that knowing how later term abortion is done would make me more somewhat pro-life when I used to be more pro- choice.

RosaMarie · 46-50, F

As awful as it is, it is the process which, at least at that stage is pregnancy, has the lowest risk to the mother. To address one of your specific recommendation, if you were to do a c-section at 18 weeks, there is zero chance that the baby survives. So, for the baby, the outcome is the same. And you've put the mother through more stress and a surgery with higher risk. That's why it's done the way it's done.