On 26 Feb, 20:31, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Alistair" <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > ... I find it interesting
> >that you mention killing babies where the head is still in utero and
> >the body already expelled. Perhaps I can help? In the UK we would
> >ensure that such breach births are dealt with by caesarean operations.
> >Usually this works out fine for baby and mother.
>
> >So, what really is going on in the births that you mention? I presume
> >that you have a maximum age limit before termination is disallowed or
> >are you putting a pro-life/anti-abortion slant on it?
>
> They are called "partial birth abortions" and are legally performed in
> the U.S.
Don't bother giving me links to partial death abortions. I looked them
up for myself:
<quote>
Intact dilation and extraction (IDX or intact D&X), also known as
intact dilation and evacuation (intact D&E), dilation and extraction
(D&X), intrauterine cranial decompression and controversially in the
United States as partial birth abortion, is a surgical abortion
wherein an intact fetus is removed from the uterus via the cervix. The
procedure may also be used to remove a deceased fetus that is
developed enough to require dilation of the cervix for its extraction.
Though the procedure has had a low rate of usage, representing 0.17%
(2,232 of 1,313,000) of all abortions in the United States in 2000
according to voluntary responses to an Alan Guttmacher Institute
survey,[2] it has developed into a focal point of the abortion debate.
</quote>
The crucial word is FOETUS. A foetus is not a child and a "partial
birth abortion" is not the same as a full-term birth.
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