You have the right to know the details of the medical procedure they will be using on you. If they do not talk about forcefully opening your cervix, placing a tube into your uterus, using a suction machine up to 29 times more powerful than a vacuum cleaner, and putting everything that comes out into a garbage disposal . . . . . . You will be asked to sign a paper releasing them from the responsibility of damaging your body. Try not signing. If this is such a simple, safe procedure . . . . . .
Most abortion clinics perform an ultrasound just before the abortion.
This is to determine the position of the fetus. While they are looking at the contents of your uterus, they will turn the screen away from you. Ask to see the screen. By six to eight weeks, you could see a little person with hands, fingers, feet, toes, and a beating heart. This little person may be jumping up and down or sucking a thumb.