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| | BirdsAndBees.org Abortion Surgical Abortion |
 | | Follow Up After all abortion procedures, you will have some time to relax, as your body readjusts. | | | For surgical abortion, a doctor will want to first give you a pelvic exam to determine the size of your uterus. | | | A speculum (a plastic or metal instrument that gently stretches your vagina so that the doctor may reach your uterus) is inserted, and the cervix (opening of the uterus) is cleansed before all surgical abortions. |
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| | Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 |
| | Partial-birth abortion thus appropriates the terminology and techniques used by obstetricians in the delivery of living children--obstetricians who preserve and protect the life of the mother and the child--and instead uses those techniques to end the life of the partially-born child. | | | It is a medical fact, however, that unborn infants at this stage can feel pain when subjected to painful stimuli and that their perception of this pain is even more intense than that of newborn infants and older children when subjected to the same stimuli. | | | (E) The physician credited with developing the partial-birth abortion procedure has testified that he has never encountered a situation where a partial-birth abortion was medically necessary to achieve the desired outcome and, thus, is never medically necessary to preserve the health of a woman. |
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| | Partial-birth Abortion Laws |
| | The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, on the other hand, while not concluding that the procedure is necessary in any particular circumstances, held that it should be made available to physicians as part of their surgical repertoire. | | | As so viewed, particularly in the light of the present unavailability - as demonstrated by the record - of the prostaglandin technique, the outright legislative proscription of saline fails as a reasonable regulation for the protection of maternal health. | | | However, Casey offers little guidance in applying the standard, other than to say that a statute that does not "in any way pose a significant threat to the life or health of a woman" is constitutional, which is obvious enough. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion - Misconceptions |
| | In federal (and most state) law, a "live BIRTH" occurs when the baby is (1) all the way outside the mother, even if the cord is still attached, and (2) displays any respiration, heartbeat, or movement of voluntary muscles. | | | In congressional testimony, medical experts testified that by the late second trimester, the unborn child is very responsive to painful stimuli, and that this is not much affected by anesthesia given only to the mother. | | | There are numerous examples of pro-abortion advocates acknowledging what should be obvious: Abortion "kills" a developing human. |
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| | The prohibition does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is "necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury" if "no other medical procedure would suffice for that purpose." | | | The same materials indicated that half of the fetuses aborted at 26 weeks by Dr. McMahon were perfectly healthy; those which he classified as "flawed fetuses" included some with conditions compatible with long life, such as nine fetuses aborted using the partial-birth procedure because of a cleft lip. | | | The partial-birth procedure also lessens the chance that fetal tissue might be left behind in the mother's body. |
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| | Partial-Birth Abortion |
| | 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. | | | One doctor at the clinic was quoted as saying "
most are for elective, not medical reasons: people who didn't realize, or didn't care, how far along they were." It is obvious, because this doctor still went through with the procedure, that he did not care how far along they were either. | | | You do not need a medical degree to understand that partial-birth abortion is fundamentally wrong. |
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http://www.staycatholic.com/partial_birth_abortion.htm
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| | Quote Page 3: Partial Birth (D&X) Abortion |
| | After Brenda Shafer made her statement, Dr. Haskell said he didn't recall any such person working at his clinic. | | | I was even interviewed when I got to the clinic about my views — I guess because they wanted to make sure, at that point, that I wasn't a 'plant'. | | | And he kept pulling it down, and I'm seeing this baby come pulled out of the mommy, his butt, his chest, and then he delivered both these arms. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | One of the problems with this line of argument is that one can identify many circumstances in which it is safer for the mother to deliver the child normally than to have a partial-birth abortion. | | | Frank Pavone, Dr. Haskell explained that "elective" does not mean that the woman chooses the procedure because of a medical necessity, but rather chooses it because she wants an abortion. | | | Normal delivery excludes the dangers that arise from inverting the position of the child, and from inserting surgical instruments into the birth canal. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | He implies that the kind of "change" that occurs with passage through the birth canal is substantially equivalent to the absolute kind of change that occurs at death: A change in surroundings is equivalent to a change from being to non-being (temporally speaking). | | | Whether the child is slain in the process or delivered alive would seem to be irrelevant. | | | The assertion that "the fetus is not developed far enough to appreciate pain" at 20 weeks is simply ridiculous. |
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http://www.peopleforlife.org/pbafront.html
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| | partial birth abortion Senate vote, partial birth abortion ban |
| | The hideous practice of partial birth abortion occurs when, during the birth of a child and with everything but the child's head outside of the birth canal, the doctor inserts a sharp object (such as scissors) into the back of the child's skull, inserts a vacuum tube, and vacuums the brains out. | | | This procedure can be performed on a perfectly healthy baby, and does nothing to protect the life of the mother. | | | In the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and all the talk about the sanctity of human life, ask yourself how any human being can defend the barbaric procedure of partial-birth abortion and if any person that defends this practice can be trusted with the public trust: |
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| | 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. | | | On the contrary, this procedure -- which has never been evaluated in mainstream, peer reviewed literature -- can pose a significant threat to both her immediate health and future fertility... | | | Moreover, doctors say only a 'minuscule amount' are for medical reasons." |
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| | Partial-birth abortion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Critics of the ban, in contrast, claim that the risks are less than the risks of childbirth or of a C-section. | | | This affects at least the 900 Planned Parenthood clinics located nationwide. | | | Bolton, required that states' restrictions on abortions must provide an exception for the health of the woman, and defined health to include mental as well as physical health. |
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| | Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. - Abortion After The First Trimester |
| | Abortions necessary to preserve the woman's life or health must still be allowed, however, even after fetal viability. | | | A Clinician's Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion. | | | These actions endanger the health of women and the right of physicians to determine the most appropriate treatment for their clients. |
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| | Library - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban |
| | Our cavalier dismissal of this life as the object of a "rights" analysis crushes in the face of the partial-birth abortion debate because suddenly we all realize how far we have come in trivializing fetal life. | | | A conflict is established and no public policy has yet to be articulated that has satisfied the differing sides. | | | The procedure at issue does not passively abort a fetus at some indeterminate moment of fetal development. |
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| | Salon Directory |
| | And the surgeon is well aware that his ability to base his decision on an evaluation of his patient's medical circumstances may not last. | | | Her doctor will decide, based solely on her medical circumstances, which technique to use. | | | Two surgical options for late-term abortion may be reduced to one if antiabortion activists, with help from the Bush administration, get their way. |
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| | Abortion, partial birth |
| | A specific area of controversy with D&X is that fetal death does not occur until after most of the fetal body has exited the uterus. | | | Women considering D&X should be aware of the highly controversial nature of this procedure. | | | One of the opponents' claims was the legislation did not provide for exceptions for cases in which the procedure was needed to protect the mother's health. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/abortion_partial_birth.jsp
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| | Abortion - Partial Birth |
| | Does the fact that he’s still in the mother’s birth canal mean he isn’t a person? | | | The question has been raised: Is a baby just 2 minutes or 2 days from birth not a baby? | | | The 90s, however, have been a different story. |
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| | Partial-Birth Abortion |
| | The best way to avoid the problems inherent in later-term abortions, said Meier, is for women to be aware of their options early on. | | | According to those figures, medical science is getting so adept at keeping the smallest premature babies alive, that fetuses legally aborted at 22 to 24 weeks could have a significant chance of survival. | | | The method may involve puncturing the head of the fetus and removing the brain. |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/partial.html
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | • "[Its a] procedure where the child coming down the birth canal is actually turned by the doctor so the child is no longer coming down headfirst, but rather feet-first. | | | The reason is, if the the doctor did what he or she did with the child's head exposed, | | | • "There are absolutely no obstetrical situations encountered in this country which require a partially delivered human fetus to be destroyed to preserve the life of the mother." |
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| | American Civil Liberties Union : Abortion Bans: Myths and Facts |
| | Learn more about our work in reproductive health and take action to protect rights guaranteed to all Americans. | | | Of the more than 30 bans enacted since 1995, only three refer to any particular stage of pregnancy. | | | The term "partial-birth abortion" is not a medical term and it does not identify any particular abortion procedure. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | Santorum: "If that baby were delivered breech style and everything was delivered except for the head, and for some reason that that baby's head would slip out - that the baby was completely delivered - would it then still be up to the doctor and the mother to decide?" | | | Medical experts testified that babies at this age can experience great pain. | | | In spite of testimony by medical experts to the contrary, Clinton justified his action with the claim that this procedure affects only hundreds of people and was necessary to protect the life and health of the mother - even though the abortionists themselves admitted its use was purely elective. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | Let's work together to end partial-birth abortion giving women and unborn children better medical choices. | | | Registered nurse Brenda Pratt Shafer witnessed several partial-birth abortions and described the procedure: "The baby's body was moving. | | | It 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. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | Without question, all of this is a dreadfully painful experience for any infant subjected to such a surgical procedure." | | | Although abortion right activists would like you to believe that this horrible procedure is only used on babies with conditions which would cause death anyway, or those already dead, a leading proponent of this brutal method of abortion stated: | | | For example, Dr. McMahon listed nine partial-birth abortions performed because the baby had a cleft lip. |
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| | Partial-Birth Abortion -Best Internet Archive on Partial-Birth Abortion |
| | To learn more about the pain that partial-birth abortion inflicts on pre-mature human babies, and about the "anesthesia myth," | | | Senators Daschle and Johnson voted to allow third-trimester abortions based on claims of emotional "health" by voting for Feinstein Substitute | | | This material is still useful, but some of it can be found presented with more current information in Mr. |
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| | Partial-Birth Abortion Illistrations |
| | Letter from Watson A. Bowes, Jr., M.D., co-editor-in-chief of the journal Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, explaining that the images shown above "accurately depict" the partial-birth abortion method being used on "a fetus of approximately 24 weeks gestation." | | | To go to the list of information on the pain inflicted on the unborn child, click | | | These drawings accurately depict a partial-birth abortion being performed on a baby at 24 weeks gestational age. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | This is what the anti-ban groups mean when they refer to an undue burden on the mother's health (4). | | | Late term abortion procedures that are not partial birth involve dismembering the fetus inside the uterus without cervical dilation, which can leave behind fetal tissue, or require the head to come out of the mother's body uncollapsed, which can result in a live birth (1). | | | They believe that birth should be defined as occurring as soon as any part of the fetus' torso above the navel is visible, or when any of the fetus' body has left the mother (1). |
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| | Partial-birth abortion ban blocked - Politics - MSNBC.com |
| | Frist, who is a medical doctor, called the abortion procedure that was outlawed by the act “barbaric” and “outside the bounds of the practice of medicine.” | | | Generally, abortions after that point are performed only to preserve the mother's health. | | | Abortion defenders, however, argued that a woman's health during an abortion is more important than how the fetus is terminated, and that the banned method is often a safer solution. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | The main issue protecting partial birth abortions is fear that women may need this procedure to preserve their health. | | | Many people argue that the anesthetics used in the process kill the baby, so death to the child painless. | | | These babies are killed: were they to be fully and not partially delivered their lives could be saved. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | Partial birth abortion is a second- and third-trimester abortion technique for removing babies that are too large for other methods to be performed safely on the mother. | | | How is a partial-birth abortion performed?The bill is aimed at the basic method practiced by Dr. | | | As with all abortion techniques, the so-called Communications Decency Act makes it a felony to tell describe how it's done, regardless of whether you're doing so to teach an abortionist how to do an abortion or whether you're a pro-lifer trying to explain how brutal the procedure is. |
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| | 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. | | | Just listen to ban supporters: They claim that other abortion procedures can always be used to save a woman's life or protect her health. | | | But if they believe their own rhetoric, they must recognize that the ban would simply require doctors to use another procedure to perform the same abortion. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion - Index Page. |
| | Description of the other types of abortions with medical references and more. | | | Partial Birth Abortion A medical description including pictures and reverences. | | | None of these have made it through to law but they did succeed bringing this subject into the foreground of so many people's opinions. |
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| | Partial Birth Abortion |
| | Partial birth abortion supporters have claimed that this procedure is rare and used only when the live of the mother is threatened. | | | However it stops just before the baby is out of the womb. | | | President Clinton has said that he would veto the bill if it didn't include exceptions where the mother's "health" is threatened. |
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| | Capital Punishment 2000 |
| | Between 1967 and 1973, approximately one-third of the states had adopted, either in whole or in part, the Model Penal Code's provisions allowing abortion in instances other than where only the mother's life was in danger. | | | Rather than settle the issue, the Court's decisions kindled heated debate and precipitated a variety of governmental actions at the national, state and local levels designed either to nullify the rulings or hinder their effectuation. | | | Reproductive Health Services, 492 U. 490, that, while it was not overruling Roe and Doe, it was willing to apply a less stringent standard of review to state restrictions respecting a woman's right to an abortion. |
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| | CNN.com - Senate passes 'partial birth' abortion ban - Oct. 21, 2003 |
| | The two sides differed widely on the frequency and definition of partial birth abortion, which is not a formal medical term. | | | Santorum argued that supporters had met those constitutional questions by tightening the definition and offering extensive findings that the procedure was never needed to protect the health of the mother. | | | The president, said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey "will become the first United States president to criminalize a safe medical procedure." Doctors who violate the ban would be subject to prison terms of up to two years. |
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| | WorldNetDaily: Abortion docs reveal partial-birth procedure |
| | The child's head is the most difficult part of the body to remove, said the doctor, who requested his identity not be revealed. | | | "The testimony of the abortion providers is not only revealing gruesome details about a procedure that amounts to infanticide, but is setting the stage for the Department of Justice to prove that this procedure is never medically necessary." | | | A physician testified in the San Francisco trial – where Planned Parenthood is challenging the ban – he often must separate the skull of the unborn child from its body during the abortion in order to remove the child from the woman's body. |
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| | D&X procedure (a.k.a.Partial Birth Abortion) - All sides |
| | For recent news on DandX procedures, search our abortion news lists for the term DandX | | | VP of the American Medical Association, Letter to The Honorable Rick Santorum, 1997-MAY-19, at: | | | The non-medical terms: PBA and Partial-birth Abortions are commonly used by the public. |
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| | USCCB - Partial-Birth Abortion |
| | An Unusual Medical Consensus: Partial Birth is Never Necessary | | | The Beginning of the End of Partial-Birth Abortion, by Cathleen A. Cleaver, March 14, 2003 | | | Abortion and the Supreme Court: Advancing the Culture of Death, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 15, 2000 |
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