By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:48 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 17:48 BST, 6 June 2019
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A nurse in Seattle claims two young women were hospitalized this week after trying to use a vacuum hose to end their periods early.
She https://twitter.com/OdesseyT99/status/1136348390348869632 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.
So-called 'Menstrual Extraction' was first described by feminist activists Lorraine Rothman and Carol Downer in the 1970s as 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.
Once abortions became legal across the US, 'ME' was largely sidelined.
But as Mic reported in 2016, it has seen a resurgence in popularity, this time being pitched as a
