Vacuum aspiration
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Vacuum or suction aspiration is a procedure that uses a vacuum source to remove an embryo or fetus through the cervix. The procedure is performed to induce abortion, as a treatment for incomplete spon
Single-use double-valve manual vacuum aspirator
Henry Morgentaler
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Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler was a Polish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. As a Jewish youth during Wo
Vacuum aspiration
…now known to be one of the safest obstetric procedures, and has saved countless women's lives. In Canada, the method was pioneered and improved on by Henry Morgentaler, achieving a complication rate of 0.48% and no deaths in over 5,000 cases. He was the first doctor in North America to use the technique, which he then…
Henry Morgentaler (right) in August, 2005, with then NDP leader Jack Layton