[Vision2020] Is it Infanticide Vs. Abortion? (was: Catholic Majority On Supreme Court)

[Andreas Schou]

On 4/20/07, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sue,
>
> A society that doesn't allow women the same rights as men is a society in
> name only. However, nobody has the right to slaughter an innocent baby.
>
> Don't get me wrong. I believe that abortion should remain legal. But I am
> steadfastly against infanticide. At what point does abortion become
> infanticide? I believe that is when the fetus is closer to a baby than a
> fetus. That point happens sometime between the 20th and 25th week of
> pregnancy. Therefore, killing something in the womb after the 20th week, as
> is the case with ALL partial birth abortion, is closer to infanticide than
> abortion.

Donovan --

Could you please describe to me what you believe "partial-birth
abortion" is? "Partial-birth abortion" is not the name of any
procedure that has ever been performed in the United States; rather,
it's a pejorative term used by conservatives to describe virtually
*all* abortions.

-- ACS