President Bush signs the so-called Partial Birth Abortion ban, as it is called by abortion opponents, today. Opponents of this version of the law, who happen to favor the ban anyway (see Gephardt, who says he opposes it despite his vote for it -- this sort of reasoning is becoming epidemic) want an exception "for the health of the mother." Great, but first they need to explain when it is better for the mother's health to kill a partially delivered fetus than to finish the delivery. The law forbids terminating the so-called baby, as critics of abortion call a fetus, only when that fetus's head has entirely emerged from the body of its mother, or when, in a breach delivery, the body up to the umbilical cord is delivered. The so-called Partial Birth Abortion ban does not prevent a doctor from reaching inside the womb with a Henckel and a Hoover. So, when is it safer to kill the partially-delivered fetus than to finish the delivery?
And if critics of this measure don't like the absolutely accurate and descriptive name "Partial Birth Abortion," then may we suggest "Mid-Delivery Infanticide." No, I doubt the "pro-choice" people would go for that.
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