After further reading, I found that some of what I posted was incorrect.<br><br>"Partial birth abortions" are nearly always performed during the second trimester, not limited to the 21st - 24th weeks.<br><br>Also, I was off a bit as to what the law actually says:
<br><br> "An abortion<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>
in which the person performing the abortion, deliberately and
intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a
head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of
the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the
fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the
purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the
partially delivered living fetus; and performs the overt act, other
than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living
fetus. (18 U.S. Code 1531)"<br><br>Which is, in my opinion, an even more useless and less restrictive definition than what I gave earlier. You can induce extremely premature labor, deliver the fetus, and let it die on it's own moments later; or you can kill it on it's way out, so long as the navel and head remain inside the mother; but nothing in between, though, even if it would be medically advantageous for the "mother". Utterly pointless.
<br><br>Rather than spending all this effort dictating surgical minutia to doctors, why not try something that will actually reduce the number of abortions overall. Work on the problems that give rise to such situations, don't just hover over the doctor's shoulder. We could have actual sexual education programs, easy access to preventative measures, better WIC programs, de-stigmatization of birth control, and other programs to reduce the reasons for abortions. Is it ideal? No. Is it practical and effective? Yes (look at northern Europe).
<br><br>Still angry,<br>Anon<br>