"terminology" is always a clue to emotional intent.
Pro-Life vs Anti-Abortion
Pro-Choice vs Pro-Abortion
"partial birth abortion" vs "late term abortion" (and these two MAY not
be
identical but are often used for similar situations)
" health of the mother" vs "abortion on demand" (definitely different, but
you
can often substitute one for the other in emotional arguments - and get
amazing
differences in results
--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Alistair" <alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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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