Currently most abortions are performed surgically by Vacuum Evacuation, though about 10% are medically aborted using drugs.

It's pretty hard to find balanced information on the subject: see for example www.prochoice.com/abort_how.html (not linking on purpose) which is exactly as anti-abortion as its name implies it isn't; or this site which has some good information but implies that the bygone practice of dilation and curettage (scraping, basically) is still common. 

posted by mrflip at 10:21AM CST on July 06

And of course, there is always this site, which (though I am certainly very very biased on this issue) seems to be more concerned with disseminating information than it is with advocacy. 

posted by Valatan at 11:43AM CST on July 06

I agree with the difficulty in finding balanced information. I guess I should have specified that my comment was directed at the captioning below the images... very repetitious with the words "crush" and "head" and other variations. 

posted by zieglerfe at 11:44AM CST on July 06

Since I'm without the benefit of lively discussions at friday lunch (or thursday - or whenever you celebrate the lunch), let's all hammer out our frustrations with the state and get in a raucous debate on the subject - who's in?

Q1: When is a fetus a 'person' ??? and does it matter?  

posted by pablo at 12:55PM CST on July 06

Q2: How much wood can a fetus chuck if a fetus could chuck wood? 

posted by zieglerfe at 02:54PM CST on July 06

If I were in the habit of stating my convictions on sensitive matters online, I might respond thusly:
a1: viability outside the womb without extreme measures
a2: yes; before then it's a fetus, after then it's murder. 

posted by mrflip at 04:31PM CST on July 06

I like your answers, Flip.

As a man, I have always thought that I don't really have a say in this matter.

I am curious what some of the women think, though. 

posted by zieglerfe at 04:35PM CST on July 06