Posted on 08/18/2021 11:03:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law on Wednesday that bans the most common abortion procedure used during second-trimester pregnancies.
A majority of the 14 judges sided with the 2017 Texas law, overturning an earlier decision by the same court to block it.
The legislation would stop doctors from the standard dilation and evacuation method which employs forceps to remove the fetus without the use of an injection or suction. Abortion activists say it outlaws the safest method for women in the second trimester to terminate a pregnancy.
Under the law, medical professionals will now be obliged to carry out an additional procedure on the pregnant body to ensure that the fetus is dead before removal. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
Most people who support abortion have no idea how they are performed. If everyone knew, there would be much less of it.
“The legislation would stop doctors from the standard dilation and evacuation method which employs forceps to remove the fetus without the use of an injection or suction.”
Interesting that the article doesn’t use the common term for the above: “Partial Birth Abortion”
D&c is not PBA. PBA is even more horrifying.
The Democrat craves a butchered baby.
But safe for the innocent baby? Not so much.
Wait a minute! How can a fetus be alive when it’s not a human? The libs can’t have it both ways. If it’s alive before the procedure, then this is MURDER!
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