The instrument then will come into direct contact with the child and, with a pressure of approximately 55 or so millimeters of mercury, applied to the end of this instrument, as it is attached to a long, thick suction tubing at this end, and to the abortion instrumentation—that is, the machine—at the other end, the suction tip will begin to tear the child apart. The pieces of the body are torn away, one by one, until finally, all that remains are shards of the body and the head itself.