A nurse must then reassemble the parts to make sure the uterus is empty, otherwise infection will set in. The vacuum is so powerful that the baby is torn to bits and sucked into a jar. The next day forceps with sharp metal teeth are inserted and parts of the baby's body are torn away and removed piece by piece. At this age the head is usually too large to be removed whole, and must be crushed and drained before taken out. A long needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen into the baby's sac.
Some fluid is removed and a strong salt solution is injected.
The helpless baby swallows this poison and suffers severely. He kicks and jerks violently as he is literally being burned alive. Within 24 hours, labor will usually set in and the mother will give birth to a dead baby. They are usually left unattended to die. Used mainly in the last three months of pregnancy, the womb is entered by surgery through the wall of the abdomen.