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.
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No. This is not the sort of thing that you would allow a med student to do. Med students learn how to put in IVs, suture simple lacerations, and maybe catch a baby if they are lucky.
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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.
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A quote from the Abortion Facts website
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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.
They feel the same way about me for having provided “morning after” pills and doing IUDs for my patients.
So you’ll have to pardon me if I don’t give your cite much credence.
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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.
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] 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.
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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.
