Another activist, Lorraine Rothman, perfected the device, which consisted of flexible tubes, a jar and a syringe, and was used to perform the procedure known as menstrual extraction. (Absent a ...

Doctors called the technique a vacuum extraction. The women called it a menstrual extraction — it was also a way to regulate menstrual flow — as a kind of linguistic feint. Image Ms. Downer ...

Doctors called the technique a vacuum extraction. The women called it a menstrual extraction -- it was also a way to regulate menstrual flow -- as a kind of linguistic feint. Downer set out to ...