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by sleepymoose 1386 days ago
>There are also people that want to make abortion legal all the way up to delivery.

Genuinely curious, because I've never understood this part. What does a "just before delivery" abortion entail? Do they do a C-section and give the baby a lethal injection or what?

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They will sometimes lethally inject the baby, but other times will not. I think injection is required in the US. If they do not inject the baby first it is considered a partial birth abortion.

Typically, they will flip the baby around and pull out everything except the head. They will cut open the neck/head area and suction all the brain material so they can crush the head and more easily extract it.

They typically (always?) have to dilate the cervix. I don't think they will do it through c section unless there is a medical reason.

They deliver the baby halfway through the cervix and then crush its head.