publiusvarus wrote:
As opposed to the racist bigot Obama just nominated? And I'm right alongside Palin; infanticide is not something that should be allowed. To bad I can't say Obama is against that.
Please provide the proof that Obama condones/promotes/supports infanticide.
Are you referring to abortions using the "dilation & extraction" technique (D&X)? The technique that was developed so that a woman's uterus could remain unharmed allowing her to have babies in the future?
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If this procedure is so controversial, then why was it developed in the first place?
The further along a pregnancy is, the more complicated -- and the more controversial -- the procedures are for aborting it. Abortions performed after the 20th week of pregnancy typically require that the fetus be dismembered inside the womb so it can be removed without damaging the pregnant woman's cervix. Some gynecologists consider such methods, known as "dilation and evacuation," less than ideal because they can involve substantial blood loss and may increase the risk of lacerating the cervix, potentially undermining the woman's ability to bear children in the future.
Two abortion physicians, one in Ohio and one in California, independently developed variations on the method by extracting the fetus intact. The Ohio physician, Martin Haskell, called his method "dilation and extraction," or D&X. It involved dilating the woman's cervix, then pulling the fetus through it feet first until only the head remained inside. Using scissors or another sharp instrument, the head was then punctured, and the skull compressed, so it, too, could fit through the dilated cervix.
Haskell has said that he devised his D&X procedure because he wanted to find a way to perform second-trimester abortions without an overnight hospital stay, because local hospitals did not permit most abortions after 18 weeks.
link Oh, you call it "partial birth" abortion. Not a scientifically accurate name, but a name designed to illicit the desired response in your target of propaganda.
No you'ld rather see a woman's fertility destroyed for the sake of your beliefs. That's so pro-life of you. The reason that there has never been a "health of the mother" exception to bans on these late term abortions is because NOT using this procedure can harm the health of the mother rendering her unable to have babies in the future. That's the dirty little secret behind the fight against D&X's.
So your pro-life as long as it's not a death penalty issue, or if it may save one deformed baby, but not if it would allow the woman to have healthy babies in the future. That's consistency for you.