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host · 03-06-2006, 08:49 PM

Don't discount the ingenuity and the will of women to maintain control over their own bodies. This is the future in the United States, and unfortunately, only the most fortunate women who seek a relatively safe termination of a pregnancy will receive treatment as described below....i.e. in the future, this may be as good as it gets for women who seek abortion. Does a victim of forced sex deserve this, or a forced full-term pregnancy....does any woman deserve this, as a consequence of exercising her right to choose, only because she does not have the money to travel to another jusrisdiction? If you answer yes...why do you support the restriction of only those with limited wealth from choosing a safe abortion?:

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http://mollysavestheday.blogspot.com...-abortion.html
Thursday, February 23, 2006
For the women of South Dakota: an abortion manual

.........In the 1960s and early 1970s, when abortions were illegal in many places and expensive to get, an organization called Jane stepped up to the plate in the Chicago area. Jane initially hired an abortion doctor, but later they did the abortions themselves. They lost only one patient in 13,000 -- a lower death rate than that of giving live birth. The biggest obstacle they had, though, was the fact that until years into the operation, they thought of abortion as something only a doctor could do, something only the most trained specialist could perform without endangering the life of the woman.

They were deceived -- much like you have probably been deceived. An abortion, especially for an early pregnancy, is a relatively easy procedure to perform. And while I know, women of South Dakota, that you never asked for this, now is the time to learn how it is done............

..........Instruments needed and their uses

You will need:

One set of uterine dilators (any equipment may be purchased from numerous websites. If you need assistance in finding this equipment, do not hesitate to email me at molly.xxxx@gmail.com)
Vaginal speculum
Pregnancy test
One set of uterine curettes
One pair of uterine forceps
One pair of regular forceps..............

........I will be following up this article with directions for performing vacuum aspiration for first-trimester pregnancies and inducing miscarriages for later ones. I hope this can prove educational for the next generation of women, who may have to start a second Jane program. I am sorry we live in times where it is necessary to publish this material, but if women work together, an abortion ban doesn't mean that women and girls are left with no choices.

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http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/special...Abortionb.html
Jane Abortion Collective Oral History Collection
An inventory of its records at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Collection Summary
Creator: Jane Abortion Collective
Title: Jane Abortion Collective Oral History Collection
Dates: 1980
Abstract: The papers consist of transcriptions of interviews conducted by UIC Sociology Professor Pauline Bart circa 1980 with members of the Chicago Jane Abortion Collective. The interviews include an incomplete history of the organization, the interviewees' personal experiences as members, and their perspective of some of the internal and external issues the organization faced. They roughly cover the period from 1965 to 1973. Not all the transcriptions are complete.
Quantity: 0.5 linear feet
Identification: JAbortion

Administrative History of the Jane Abortion Collective

The Abortion Counseling Service of Women's Liberation (ACS), unofficially known as "Jane," formally organized in Chicago in 1969, when abortions were illegal in Illinois and throughout most of the United States. Its aim was to counsel women and assist them in receiving safe abortions. Many of the members had been assisting women locate abortion services since the mid-1960s. Initially Jane volunteers screened underground abortionists, attempting to ensure that they were competent and reliable. Frustrated by this process the group soon learned how to perform abortions themselves. They only charged women for the costs involved and preformed the services without charge if the woman was unable to pay.

In the fall of 1969 approximately 100 feminists formed the Chicago Women's Liberation Union. After some discussion it made ACS a member and work group of the union.

The organization operated until the spring of 1973 when legal abortion clinics opened in Illinois after the United States Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision made abortions legal during the first two trimesters of a woman's pregnancy..........