Your average person doesn’t know what a manual vacuum aspirator (MVA) is, or how it is used to perform abortions. Even some pro-lifers may not have heard of MVAs. But women around the world on the receiving end of U.S.-funded population control programs certainly do.
A manual vacuum aspiration is a procedure where a bicycle pump-like device is manually pumped to empty a uterus of its contents. A manual vacuum aspirator (MVA) consists of a large, plastic syringe with a long tube, called the cannula, attached. The end of the cannula has small side slits. The device does not require electricity. It is heavily promoted for use in developing countries around the world
1 September 2006 Vol. 8, No. 34 Dear Colleague There is an inexpensive, low-hassle alternative to electric machines for surgical abortion. Unfortunately, manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs) are becoming more common but have never been examined by the FDA for safety. Whether you are here
Haiti, the nation which occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Its poverty is magnified by the HIV/AIDS epidemic ripping through the population. Over six percent of Haiti’s population, or about 500,000 people, are living
Your average person doesn’t know what a manual vacuum aspirator (MVA) is, or how it is used to perform abortions. Even some pro-lifers may not
A manual vacuum aspiration is a procedure where a bicycle pump-like device is manually pumped to empty a uterus of its contents. A manual vacuum aspirator (MVA) consists of a large, plastic syringe with a long tube, called the cannula, attached. The end of the cannula has small side slits. The device does not require electricity. It is heavily promoted for use in developing countries around the world
1 September 2006 Vol. 8, No. 34 Dear Colleague There is an inexpensive, low-hassle alternative to electric machines for surgical abortion. Unfortunately, manual vacuum
Haiti, the nation which occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Its poverty is magnified
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