"It’s 10 A.M. on a sunny day in Seattle and 25-year-old Anna* is sitting on the end of a gynecological exam table, naked except for her baggy gray T-shirt and the blue paper blanket draped over her lap. Her body is trembling but not from cold—she’s pregnant and she’s scared. Deborah Oyer, M.D., the owner and medical director of Aurora Medical Services, where Anna is about to have an abortion, asks Anna to put her feet in stirrups. “The more you relax, the less pressure and pain you will feel,” she says. Dr. Oyer dilates Anna’s cervix and turns on the vacuum aspiration machine. She inserts a tube through Anna’s cervix, and a gentle whirring sound fills the room. She barely has to raise her voice to explain, “The cramping you feel is totally normal.” Anna lets out a few gasps before Dr. Oyer clicks off the machine, signaling the end of the five-minute procedure..."Good read in Glamour here.
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