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If you read the link that sugar and spice provided on page 3 under the 3rd trimester it talks in more detail about abortion options during that time. There's the option of doing a sort of C-section, but that creates a greater possibility of infection, since it's literally cutting the mother open. The baby may or may not be alive during this procedure. The other option is to kill the baby (yes this is terribly graphic and does bother me) and then extract it by inducing artificial labor and extracting the fetus/baby with forceps. It's easier in that the doctor is easier able to "deliver" the baby without worrying about the effect of the forceps on its head.
I agree with you in that it is scary. Around 3000 are performed yearly, so thankfully this isn't a common procedure.
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