Instruments

Various instruments that can be used to remove babies during abortion.

Abortion tools:

Damage from abortion tool

An aborted child’s hand damaged as he/she grabbed the abortion instrument

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Wilberforce suitcase

Displaying our William Wilberforce suitcase during an event in Germany.

William Wilberforce led the movement to abolish the slave trade.

Suction cannula

This is a suction cannula 14 weeks, given me by former abortionist Dr Anthony Levatino. It used to be his.

MVA

Manual Vacuum Aspiration MVA uses the suction of the syringe to suck baby out. Baby can be whole – handy for experiments. This one was given me by former abortionist Dr Anthony Levatino.

Measuring cup

Fluids and instruments need to collected / collated.

Head crusher

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Pestalozza curette

Scrapes lining of womb, placenta and baby. Extremely sharp. (Personal experience – my whole stomach felt like it was scraped with a razor blade, after my abortion).

Attack

The procedure

Various instruments are used throughout the procedure. Here one can see 2 sorts of tenaculum that can be used to grab the entrance to the womb – the cervix.

Opening womb

These instruments can be used to force the entrance to the womb open, called the cervix, which is meant to be tightly shut, protecting baby from the outside world.

Dilating rods

Different sized dilating rods used quickly one after the other from small to wider, and wider, and wider, to force the cervix open to get into the womb which is normally shut.

Sharp curette

One side is extremely sharp and cuts like a knife through whatever it comes in contact with.

Sanger forceps

Sanger forceps grab placenta and baby…once grabbed can’t let go. Notice teeth. Similar to Sopher clamp.

Head crusher

Braun cranioclast – crushes the head of the baby, white brain matter oozes out.

Laminaria

Laminaria can be inserted to absorb / widen the entrance.

Syringe

A local anaesthetic can be used to numb the entrance to the womb – the cervix.

Perforator

Smellie perforator craneo – to puncture the skull before brains are suctioned out.

Decapitating hook

Braun decapitating hook (to behead the baby)

Uterine sound

Sims uterine sound to open womb / measure / hold in position during abortion so not go in too far and perforate the uterus at the back.

Vaginal speculum

Kristeller vaginal speculum – can hold a weight at the bottom.

Vaginal speculum

Vaginal speculum with ‘eendebek’ to open up inside.

Curette double-end

Sims uterine curette double ended – sharp or blunt end

Abortion scoop

Cuzzi abortion spoon – scoops placenta / baby.

Tenaculum forceps

Schroeder tenaculum forceps to grip womb entrance at end of vagina to hold cervix in place while dilating (forcing the entrance open).

Uterine forceps

Uterine forceps to grab the mouth of the entrance to the womb to hold it still, while they force the other instruments inside to get to the baby

Uterine dilator

Wiley uterine dilator to widen entrance to the womb.

Tenaculum forceps

Forceps to grasp the cervix as entrance to womb is forced open to gain access into the womb.

Pestalozza curette

Curette scrapes lining of womb, placenta and baby. Extremely sharp (personal experience).

Forceps

Winter placenta / baby forceps.

Cranioclast

Tarnier cranioclast to perforate skull , collapse and extract it.

Tubing

Tubing baby is suctioned through, or for exampe suction out white brain matter.

Wallich spoon

Wallich spoon scoops out placenta and baby.

Suction machine

Machine which suctions baby out through attached tubing, pieces collected in mesh bag, later checked if all is out.

Smellie perforator

To stab in the back of the neck, then open, to create space to enter suction tube to suction out white brain matter to collapse skull if too large.

Abortion equipment

Some call this our ‘William Wilberforce briefcase’

Abortion equipment

Displaying our abortion equipment during an event in England.