Partial Birth Abortion

Partial-Birth Abortions

Introduction

Let’s suppose for just one minute that there is an expecting mother. The baby that is growing inside of her is almost five months along. She willingly participated in the act of making this almost developed baby , yet you decide for whatever reason she does not want to bring this child into the world so what does she do ? keep the baby ? adoption ? or murder it by all means of a partial-birth abortion ? Reasons partial birth abortions are performed are primarily because of poor physical/mental conditions that are a risk to mother or child , inability to care for child or simply a last minute decision to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

A women’s decison to terminate a pregnancy is a very private and personal one but in the world today this matter has not only been brought about to the public but to the political party. The actual term “partial birth abortion” is actually the political term for intact dilation and extraction which is the proper medical name for it.

Illegal Activities

Late term abortion , also referred to as “partial birth” has been a flashpoint within an already fierce abortion debate that has been going on since the passage of the Roe vs. Wade jury case in 1973. The Partial-birth Abortion ban of 1833 prohibits the mother from abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy . unless in rare cases the pregnancy causes harm to mother or child. But the Roe vs. Wade cause gave women the God given right to do what they please when it comes to motherhood. Reaction to the decision of giving women the right to terminate an almost full term child has been an emotional uproar throughout the years. Even while understanding exactly what the ban means. A womens right to choose abortion is a fundame...

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...re requires a doctor to extract a fetus head first , from the womb and through the birth canal until all but the head is exposed. The tips of surgical scissors are then inserted in the back of the baby’s skull sucking out the brain which causes the head to collapse and delivery complete.

Contraceptives/Conclusion

“Justifying the killing of a fully human child because of severe congenital defect , we are not making a case for abortion; were promoting something much more chilling. Even the mothers involved know what is going on.” (Greg Koukl). A women’s pregnancy is a beautiful process , and although abortion will remain an issue which opposing sides will never see eye to eye on. The very basis of the issue fundamentally lies within the values and beliefs of each opposing side. That being said, the issue will likely remain a controversial one and remain unresolved.