What I am getting at, is that the partial birth abortion ban does not ban next to the last moment abortions, it just dictates using other means. Is that a correct interpretation? If so, color me unimpressed about the issue.
"What I am getting at, is that the partial birth abortion ban does not ban next to the last moment abortions, it just dictates using other means. Is that a correct interpretation? If so, color me unimpressed about the issue."
Correct...BUT in the effort to change the hearts and minds of public opinion, it is necessary to take baby steps.
First...we, as a society, recognize the barbarity of one procedure. Hopefully this will lead us to then examine the procedure that replaces it.
I think abortionists turned to PBA to avoid the chances of infection by leaving parts of the baby inside the woman.
If the debate over PBA can be won...then the debate can turn to the barbarity of burning babies alive with saline solution and hacking their limbs off their bodies at a stage where scientists know they can feel immense pain.
Basically the issue is this. Where does abortion end and infanticide begin? That is the important part of the legislation. The act seeks to draw that line by outlawing one procedure but allowing others based on geography. Of course you know how i feel about that but the hope from the pro life perspective is incrementalism so in that regard the decision will be significant.