Two Seattle women who tried to use vacuum hose to end their periods early are hospitalized

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According to a shocking revelation by a Seattle nurse, two young women were hospitalized in the first week of June after trying to use a vacuum hose to end their periods early. She wrote on Twitter that the women were aged 23 and 19, and both went into "shock" after the DIY method triggered a rush of blood, rather than the stop they had hoped for.

The supposed "menstrual extraction" was first described by feminist activists Lorraine Rothman and Carol Downer in the 1970s, who called it a way to perform an at-home abortion before Roe v Wade. They described how to construct a contraption, called a Del Em, using a syringe, a cannula, a speculum, and a jar.

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She further said, "Your period has a steady flow of its own that for all intents and purposes your body can tolerate. A vacuum increases that flow over a 1000 times which your body can't tolerate, therefore sending you into shock." Moreover, most gynecologists advise against this particular practice as well.

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