"The foetus is growing between the two broken pieces of coil. If you wish to keep it, we will have to operate immediately to remove the coil."
"What chance will the baby have of survival if you operate"
"It's difficult to say as these cases are rare, but it will be so mentally and physically handicapped it will not live long, even assuming it goes to term and is born alive"
"What chance will the baby have if you don't operate?"
"None. The presence of the coil in the womb will prevent the foetus growing beyond a certain size and will also cause continuing and severe damage to the foetus as it develops. We cannot let the pregnancy continue as it is. You should either consider abortion or allow us to operate to remove the coil"
"Is there any danger to the baby if you operate to remove the coil?"
"Oh yes, there is a very high chance of the foetus aborting as the result of the medical procedure of intervention. Indeed the foetus could abort at any time."
"If I go for an abortion, how quickly can this take place?"
"There is a waiting list for abortion. The average wait is four weeks"
"But how far gone am I, I thought..."
"You are between 10 and 12 weeks pregnant"
"But I could be 16 weeks pregnant when you do it, I can't wait that long!"
"You should have come to see me earlier"
"But I didn't know I was pregnant. I thought the coil was safe"