Womans Corner: Abortion

"Partial-Birth" Abortion
by Debbie, aka AlbertaRose

Important Note: At 20 weeks gestation, a baby can survive outside the womb, and with modern technology, this is changing rapidly, and survival may be possible earlier than the specified 20 weeks.

The partial-birth abortion technique is used in pregnancies of 20 weeks or more. This is not only inhuman, it is murder.

And don't try to excuse or kid yourself, or let anyone else - The Baby FEELS the pain.

Every touch of the forceps; every slice of the scissors causes pain! This is a Human Being, just like you and me!

Are you immune to pain and suffering? Could you cut off your finger and not feel it? Think long and hard before you decide to murder another Human Being, because that's exactly what abortion is - murder.

The Pain Of The Unborn Child

Factsheet: Pain of the Unborn: What does an Unborn Child Feel during Abortion (pdf file)
http://www.house.gov/burton/RSC/haskellinstructional.pdf

What is Partial-Birth Abortion?

Partial-Birth Abortion is a procedure in which the abortionist pulls a living baby feet-first out of the womb and into the birth canal (vagina), except for the head, which the abortionist purposely keeps lodged just inside the cervix (the opening to the womb). The abortionist punctures the base of the baby’s skull with a surgical instrument, such as a long surgical scissors or a pointed hollow metal tube called a trochar. He then inserts a catheter (tube) into the wound, and removes the baby's brain with a powerful suction machine. This causes the skull to collapse, after which the abortionist completes the delivery of the now-dead baby.

What is the Partial-Birth Abortion act?

The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act would ban performance of a partial-birth abortion except if it were necessary to the save a mother's life. The bill defines partial-birth abortion as an abortion in which "the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother," and then kills the baby. The bill would permit use of the procedure if "necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself."

Are Partial-Birth Abortions Common?

According to Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers (1997), and other sources, it appears that partial-birth abortions are performed 3,000 to 5,000 times annually. (Even those numbers may be low.) Based on published interviews with numerous abortionists, and interviews with Fitzsimmons in 1997, the "vast majority" of partial-birth abortions are performed in the fifth and sixth months of pregnancy, on healthy babies of healthy mothers.

Why is it called "Partial-Birth"?

Under state laws, a "live birth" occurs when a baby is entirely expelled from the mother and shows any signs of life, however briefly -- regardless of whether the baby is "viable," i.e., developed enough to be sustained outside the womb with neo-natal medical assistance. Even at 4½ months (20 weeks), perinatologists say that if a baby is expelled or removed completely from the uterus, she will usually gasp for breath and sometimes survive for hours, even though lung development is usually insufficient to permit successful sustained respiration until 23 weeks. Thus, the term "partial-birth" is perfectly descriptive.

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

The Price of President Clinton's Veto

APRIL 10, 1996 - The fact that President Clinton vetoed the partial-birth abortion bill is not news or surprising. However, the reaction to the president's cruel and calculated political move has not been publicized as widely.

The following is only a small list of the repercussions of Clinton's actions.

• All eight American Cardinals signed a letter to Clinton denouncing his action.
  
  
• Thirty major churches signed a joint statement against the veto.
  
  
• Paul Weyrich, head of the Political NewsTalk Network, "The stain of blood on the body politic from this hideous, cowardly decision of Bill Clinton will not go away...."
  
  
• James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family, expressed outrage on his widely heard radio program, "The blood of these tiny infants will be on Mr. Clinton's hands."
  
  
• Rev. A.L. Barry, president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, wrote to Clinton condemning the veto.
  
  
• Pope John Paul II criticized Clinton's veto in an unusually strongly worded statement, reserved in the past for only four other heads of state, Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro.
  
  
• Rev. Billy Graham, told Clinton he was "dead wrong" to veto the partial-birth abortion bill.
  
  
• The Hibernians, an Irish Catholic organization with over 100,000 members, rescinded their invitation to Clinton to speak at their annual meeting.
  
  
• Gary Bauer of Family Research Council and Beverly LaHaye with Concerned Women for America also weighed in against Clinton's veto. Each is a major pro-life, pro-family organization with a wide following.
  
  
• Former presidential candidate, Steve Forbes, wrote that the veto was, "....unconscionable - politics at its worst....its stomach-churning....to see the President of the United States so devoid of any genuine moral sense and fiber."
  
  
• Ralph Reed, with the Christian Coalition, stated that it would be almost impossible for Clinton to expect the votes of Catholics and Evangelicals in the November election.
  
  
• The National Conference of Catholic Bishops is distributing millions of flyers to Catholic churches nationwide to educate churchgoers on the partial birth abortion method. The brochure urges Catholics to contact their congressmen and senators, and ask them to vote to override Clinton's veto.
  
  
• 1.5 million readers of Columbia Magazine, the official publication of the Knights of Columbus, read the following headline, "Brain-Sucking Monsters Attack Children!"
  
  
• The Wall Street Journal said, "No one would think of doing this to another human being, even the Unabomber, but the President of the US stands four-square for doing it to babies still in the womb nearing birth."
  
  
• Rush Limbaugh and other well-known conservative talk show hosts condemned the president's actions to millions of listeners.
  
  
• The Archdiocese of St. Louis, discouraged students from attending a speech by Clinton. Six Catholic schools were invited to attend, but vicar general Monsignor Joseph Naumann said, "It would be an erroneous message if we'd see the president with all these kids in Catholic uniforms."
  
  
• Senators in Chile passed a resolution urging the US Congress to override Clinton's partial-birth abortion veto. It was signed by 40 of Chile's 46 senators.

President Bush Signs Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
November of 2003, President George W. Bush..

“I'm pleased that all of you have joined us as the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 becomes the law of the land. (Applause.) For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against children who are inches from birth, while the law looked the other way. Today, at last, the American people and our government have confronted the violence and come to the defense of the innocent child.”

We encourage everyone to educate themselves and others regarding the abortion / partial-birth abortion procedure. Please.
Two lives depend on it!

Never give up!