Reply #53: partial birth abortions [View All]

[imenja]

Roe v. Wade already limits third trimester abortions. The so-called partial birth abortion ban did not contain provisions to protect the life of the mother. These are procedures that are used for medical necessity. Not as a matter of choice. As a woman, I would like to believe I could go to hospital with a problem in a third trimester pregnancy and be able to leave alive. Who, I wonder, does the Right imagine will care for these premature babies once their mother has been killed?
The point of the pro-life movement in passing these laws that incrementally undermine a women's right to choose is to lead to the abolition of abortion itself. Now, it seems, the Democratic Party is willing to help them progress toward that goal.