A friend from college had an early abortion done by a nurse practitioner who worked for the university health center.
It’s a shame it’s not easier for medical professionals to get this training. From what I have observed, abortion is a common and highly sought-after procedure. It is also quick and simple for very early abortions, and can be performed in-office (the procedure itself only lasts 5-10 minutes, and the total office visit time is perhaps 2 hours (including urine/blood test, ultrasound to determine gestational age, and recovery). And a woman can usually be back at work the next day.
That’s one suck-ass med school you describe. Where’d you go, Harvard?
In my med school training, I tapped joints, abdomens, pleural effusions, caught over a dozen babies, did lumbar punctures, and first-assisted in dozens of surgical procedures.
All supervised of course. But the emphasis was on the med student getting lots of hands-on experience.
Over in the gyn clinic, one of my fellow students was tasked with examining the results of therapeutic abortions, to ensure that the products of conception had been fully removed.
Does it mention what they should call women who have had an abortion? Also “abortionist”? Or maybe abortion-facilitator? Abortion-solicitor? I want a cool, demonized name, too.
Qadgop, I could be mistaken, but I don’t think the poster was endorsing that website or its position. He was just pointing out the use of “abortionist” as a rhetorical term employed by anti-abortion groups. And for that limited purpose, it’s a perfectly fine cite. The fact an anti-abortion website favors the term “abortionist” suggests that other, similar groups may as well.
She, and yes, I was pointing out that only anti-abortion groups use the word “abortionist.” That website also states that using the word “anti-abortion” is wrong because it’s a negative term. Well, honey, if the negative term fits, it is appropriate to use.
