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BirdsAndBees.org Abortion Surgical Abortion Abortions performed after 14 weeks of pregnancy can be performed using two main methods-"dilation and evacuation" and "dilation and extraction." The type of procedure used depends on the length of the pregnancy and what the doctor and you feel is best for you. And most abortions are done with some kind of local anesthetic (injected into the cervix) Most women report that this injection does not hurt, although some say that it feels like a little pinch. Most abortions require the dilation (or opening) of your cervix, so that the embryo or fetus may be removed from your uterus. www.birdsandbees.org /abortion/surgicalabortion.shtml   (808 words)

Partial Birth Abortion Martin Haskell, who has performed over 1,000 partial-birth abortions, said that he performs them "routinely" for non-medical reasons, and that 80% are "purely elective." Medical experts testified before congressional committees that it is never necessary to kill a baby that has been allmost entirely delivered to preserve the life or health of the mother. It was Fitzsimmons' statistics which claimed only about 500 such abortions, which were cited by President Clinton when he vetoed the ban on partial birth abortions. He now says there are far more partial birth abortions performed than was previously acknowledged, and on healthy women bearing healthy fetuses. www.jeremiahproject.com /culture/partbirthabortion.html   (1134 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion Another version, the bill put forth by Senator Rick Santorum (R.-Pa), which was recently passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, bans any use of partial birth abortions to terminate a pregnancy, unless a woman's life is clearly at stake, not simply to protect her health. The issue of partial birth abortions has become so controversial that it has resulted in a bill, proposed by Senator Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), which sought to ban all late-term abortions. The Union for Traditional Judaism, based in Teaneck, NJ recently issued a statement declaring that it: "opposes abortion as a means of birth control, but cannot in good conscience, allow abortion to be made the legal equivalent of murder." The statement, released by Rabbi Ronald D. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/partial.html   (1132 words)

'Partial-Birth' Abortion Term Puzzles Many Doctors Other language in the act--"partial-birth abortions involve the killing of a child that is in the process, in fact mere inches away from, becoming a 'person'"--leads some to believe "birth" is being redefined as any fetus leaving the vagina at any time, which could apply to all abortions. It is therefore widely assumed that the ban is moving in on abortions performed in the second trimester, or roughly the 12th through 24th week of pregnancy, when the fetus is not yet viable. Many doctors and medical organizations say they assume it applies to just one procedure rarely used late in the second-trimester, known as intact dilatation and extraction or intact D and X. However, they also say that since the language of the act is not specific, it could be interpreted as criminalizing all abortions. www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1465   (1443 words)

Senator Jeffords' Statement on "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act" The "so-called" Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is one of many attempts to overtly or covertly undermine and overturn the constitutional right afforded women in Roe v. We can reduce the number of abortions through strong support of Title X (Ten), encouraging adoption, educating on the use of emergency contraceptives, and requiring insurance policies to cover contraceptives. You will hear my colleagues say this definition is limited to late term abortions, or abortions performed during the third trimester or post-viability. jeffords.senate.gov /~jeffords/press/03/10/10212003abortion.html   (671 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion ban The problem with this argument is that the individuals who perform these abortions are already violating the Hippocratic Oath and Biblical values, violating basic human rights and are so callused they do things perceived as abhorrent to anyone else with an intact conscience. And there are other techniques available for abortion that are late term in nature, and this bill would in no way stop other abortions. It isn't a matter of whether or not they now will refuse to perform late term abortions, to them it is a matter of how best to get around this narrowly defined law. www.dutyisours.com /pba.htm   (2822 words)

Partial Birth Abortion Pro-abortion advocacy groups have made strenuous efforts to persuade the public that partial-birth abortions are necessary to protect the lives or health of pregnant women, and many have uncritically accepted this claim at face value. Registered nurse Brenda Pratt Shafer witnessed several partial-birth abortions and described the procedure: "The baby's body was moving. A partial-birth abortion is an abortion technique used in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery. www.rtl.org /html/Abortion/partial_birth_abort_ed.html   (353 words)

Partial-birth abortion ban blocked - Politics - MSNBC.com But abortion providers testified the banned method can happen even at times when doctors try to avoid it, such as when they attempt to remove the fetus from the womb in pieces, which is acceptable under the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Wade to mean they can perform abortions usually until a period between the 24th to 28th week after conception, or until the “point of viability” when a healthy fetus is thought to be able to survive outside the womb. Generally, abortions after that point are performed only to preserve the mother's health. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5112876   (1137 words)

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. - Abortion After The First Trimester Unfortunately, anti-choice zealots seek to limit access to abortion through, among other means, laws imposing a fixed date for fetal viability and bans that would outlaw safe, medically appropriate abortions as early as 12 to 15 weeks in pregnancy. Abortions necessary to preserve the woman's life or health must still be allowed, however, even after fetal viability. Compounding the problem is the fact that the cost of abortion rises with gestational age: in 2001, non-hospital facilities charged $774 for abortion at 16 weeks gestation and $1,179 at 20 weeks. www.plannedparenthood.org /library/facts/abotaft1st_010600.html   (1982 words)

Partial Birth Abortion - Misconceptions Most partial-birth abortions are performed in the 18 to 26 week range, so this depicts such an abortion in the typical time period when they are performed. Thus, at the stages that most partial-birth abortions are performed, the great majority of babies would be "live births" if they were expelled by spontaneous premature labor, and many would be long-term survivors. Beyond that, many of the claims of medical "necessity" for partial-birth abortion, on closer examination, turn out to involve not any bona fide risk to a mother's physical health, but rather, a diagnosis that the baby has Down syndrome or some other disorder that cannot be cured. www.mccl-inc.org /pba.htm   (3666 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion Because in no way can I twist my mind to see that the late-term abortions as described -- you know, partial-birth, and then destruction of the unborn child before the head is born -- is a medical necessity for the mother. "[Partial-birth abortion] is never necessary to preserve the life or the fertility of the mother, and may in fact threaten her health or well-being or future fertility. That's because a partial-birth abortion strikes at the core of who we are as a nation. www.peopleforlife.org /pba.html   (1153 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion Illistrations Most partial-birth abortions are performed in the 20-26 week range (the fifth and sixth months), and some are performed even later. At the same developmental stage at which most partial-birth abortions are performed -- in the fifth and sixth months -- many unborn children are killed with a different abortion method called "dilation and evacuation" ("DandE"). These color illustrations of a partial-birth abortion were prepared on the basis of www.nrlc.org /abortion/pba/PBA_Images/PBA_Images_Heathers_Place.htm   (339 words)

Partial-birth Abortion Laws But as banning "partial birth" abortions is not intended to improve the health of women (or anyone, for that matter), it cannot be defended as a health regulation. A partial breech delivery is not considered a "birth" at common law, where it is the passage of the head that is essential. If the partial breech delivery used in the procedure is a "birth" for constitutional purposes, then a constitutional person exists and has the usual contingent of rights. members.aol.com /abtrbng/pbal.htm   (2899 words)

H.R.1122: The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997 The intent of the federal legislation, as found in Thomas, was to “prohibit partial birth abortions, meaning an abortion in with the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing delivery.” Section 1531’s main points included: The Federal Bill, “The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act” of 1997, H.R. has become the model for most of the state laws, although it has been repeatedly been vetoed and attempted overrides have consistently failed in the senate. The woman whom a partial birth abortion was performed may not be prosecuted under this section. www.columbia.edu /cu/ssw/courses/20003/t6910/svctg/legislation.html   (527 words)

Statement of Brenda Pratt Shafer, RN - Hearing on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Also on the first two days, we inserted laminaria to dilate the cervixes of women who were being prepared for the partial-birth abortions-- those who were past the 20 weeks point, or 4 1\2 months. I am here before you, at the request of the Committee, to relate to you my experience as an eyewitness to what is now known as the partial-birth abortion procedure. On the first day, we assisted in some first-trimester abortions, which is all I'd expected to be involved in. www.priestsforlife.org /testimony/brendatestimony.html   (2008 words)

Senate Passes Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act by 63-34 Margin; Narrowly Approves Non-Binding Pro-Roe Statement This amendment contained multiple overlapping loopholes that would have allowed abortionists to perform partial-birth abortions (or other abortions) at will, even during the final months of pregnancy. Washington, October 21, 1999 -- The U.S. Senate today approved the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act by a lopsided vote of 63-34. A July 1998 survey of American women conducted by the Princeton Survey Research Associates for the pro-abortion Center for Gender Equality found that 70% of American women favor "more restrictions" on abortion and 53% believe that abortion should be legal (at most) in cases of rape, incest, or to save the mother's life. tennesseerighttolife.org /news_center/archives/10211999-01.htm   (424 words)

Partial-birth abortion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia While the term "Partial Birth Abortion" mainly refers to IDX procedures, in broader contexts it is sometimes applied to dilation and evacuation (DandE) procedures. Supporters of late-term abortion procedures argue that they prevent the pregnant woman from having to undergo childbirth or abdominal and uterine incisions of a caesarian section (c-section) when the child would not survive. Critics of the ban, in contrast, claim that the risks are less than the risks of childbirth or of a C-section. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partial-birth_abortion   (2274 words)

Partial Birth Abortion The main issue protecting partial birth abortions is fear that women may need this procedure to preserve their health. Partial Birth Abortion, a late-term and highly controversial abortion procedure, is currently legal in almost the entire United States. Partial birth abortion is an unneccessary procedure that sacrifices thousands of children. www.abortioninfo.net /facts/pba.shtml   (447 words)

Partial-birth Abortion Laws But as banning "partial birth" abortions is not intended to improve the health of women (or anyone, for that matter), it cannot be defended as a health regulation. A partial breech delivery is not considered a "birth" at common law, where it is the passage of the head that is essential. If the partial breech delivery used in the procedure is a "birth" for constitutional purposes, then a constitutional person exists and has the usual contingent of rights. members.aol.com /abtrbng/pbal.htm   (2899 words)

Quote Page 3: Partial Birth (D&X) Abortion "Partial birth" abortions are unsettling even to read about — the only version of abortion in which fetuses, either viable or near viability, are partly visible outside the body while alive and inches away from birth before being dispatched. The partial birth issue is a good time for abortion-rights supporters to reclaim the moral framework that Wolf says they have relinquished. For some abortion opponents, it obviously is. But it also is true that a great many Americans, on both sides and in the middle, are deeply troubled by the brutality and questionable morality of this particular procedure. www.pregnancy.mb.ca /quote-3.htm   (2833 words)

Partial Birth Abortion On March 21, 1997, the House voted 295-136 to ban partial birth abortions. Partial birth abortion supporters have claimed that this procedure is rare and used only when the live of the mother is threatened. A diagram of how a partial birth abortion occurs is available here. www.catholic.net /RCC/Prolife/partial.html   (352 words)

Partial Birth Abortion - Index Page. Partial Birth Abortion: A description with a list of the dangers and history. Partial birth abortion has recently come out into the spotlight in the abortion debate. Partial Birth Abortion An inclusive listing of information on partial birth abortion. www.abortionfacts.com /partial_birth/partial_birth.asp   (241 words)

Capital Punishment 2000 By the time of the Civil War, a number of states had begun to revise their statutes in order to prohibit abortion at all stages of gestation, with various exceptions for therapeutic abortions. Between 1968 and 1972, abortion statutes of many states were challenged on the grounds of vagueness, violation of the fundamental right of privacy, and denial of equal protection. The law with respect to abortion in mid-19th century America followed the common law of England in all but a few states. www.policyalmanac.org /culture/abortion.shtml   (830 words)

American Civil Liberties Union : Abortion Bans: Myths and Facts The term "partial-birth abortion" is not a medical term and it does not identify any particular abortion procedure. Long-standing, unchallenged statutes in 40 states and the District of Columbia prohibit third-trimester abortions except when the life or health of the woman is at stake. Far from describing one discrete abortion procedure, the ban's definition, like that in the Nebraska law, sets forth steps that physicians take routinely in performing a variety of safe abortion procedures used as early as 13 weeks in pregnancy. www.aclu.org /ReproductiveRights/ReproductiveRights.cfm?ID=4998&c=148   (506 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion Partial-birth abortions are most often performed during the second trimester of pregnancy, but are also legally performed all the way up to the time of birth. Partial-birth abortion's relationship to the sale of fetal tissue for research was first disclosed in the May issue of the video magazine Life Talk produced by the Denton, Texas-based Life Dynamics Inc. In this documentary, an abortion worker with the alias "Kelly" talks candidly about harvesting baby parts for sale to laboratories and universities. You do not need a medical degree to understand that partial-birth abortion is fundamentally wrong. www.staycatholic.com /partial_birth_abortion.htm   (739 words)

TAP: Web Feature: Partial Issue. by Amy Sullivan. February 11, 2003. While some involved in the partial-birth debate may genuinely care about the sanctity of life or protecting women's health, most are merely interested in wringing one more campaign cycle out of the issue. Moreover, the issue's dominance in the debate over abortion is shifting attention from proposals that actually could result in fewer unwanted pregnancies and abortions. At the time, abortion opponents argued on the Senate floor that speedy passage of the legislation was necessary to save unborn lives. www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2003/02/sullivan-am-02-11.html   (1234 words)

Partial Birth Abortion For example, Dr. McMahon listed nine partial-birth abortions performed because the baby had a cleft lip. During congressional hearings on partial-birth abortion, Brenda Schafer, a registered nurse for 13 years, testified before a Senate committee on her horrifying experience attending a partial birth abortion. The legal definition of partial-birth abortion is an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery." www.foryou.net /~ccrtl/partial_birth_abortion.htm   (482 words)

CNN.com - Senate passes 'partial birth' abortion ban - Oct. 21, 2003 He was a leader of the drive to end abortions, generally carried out in the second or third trimester, in which a fetus is partially delivered before being killed. The two sides differed widely on the frequency and definition of partial birth abortion, which is not a formal medical term. Several groups, including the National Abortion Federation and the Center for Reproductive Rights, plan to challenge the measure in court as soon as it is signed into law. www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/21/abortion.ap   (717 words)

D&X procedure (a.k.a.Partial Birth Abortion) - All sides The non-medical terms: PBA and Partial-birth Abortions are commonly used by the public. Pastor Matt Trewhella, "Coming home to roost: Fruit of the ill-conceived Partial Birth Abortion strategy," at Missionaries to the Preborn. Please see our list of books on abortion, sorted by topic. www.religioustolerance.org /abo_pba.htm   (319 words)

Partial-Birth Abortion -Best Internet Archive on Partial-Birth Abortion Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wi.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, draws the attention of reporters to a medical drawing of a partial-birth abortion, during a press conference on Capitol Hill to announce the reintroduction of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act on February 13, 2003. Other experts testified that the babies are alive and fully capable of experiencing great pain during a partial-birth abortion. The AMA did not endorse the legislation in later years because it decided it would not support abortion bills with criminal penalties, but the organization never contradicted the factual statements made in this letter that partial-birth abortion "is not good medicine" and "not medically indicated." (May 19, 1997) www.nrlc.org /abortion/pba/index.html   (1926 words)

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