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Some people say that the Ban against Partial-Birth Abortion is a humongous examples that proves that President Bush is conservative, God-fearing, and life-loving-- . Well, the PBA will affect way less than .5 percent of the 3000 abortions every day. It was a barbaric act and a win win vote for both sides of the aisle. Easy to pass and sign.

It's more than that: PBA is only one of several late-term abortion methods.

The PBA ban has not stopped a single late-term abortion that anyone knows of. They just do it by poisoning the baby or in other ways. Although the PBA scissors-to-skull method is gruesome, some people would argue that the other methods actually cause far more enduring agony to the baby that is being murdered.

So, despite the fierce pillow fight the Dems staged for their infanticide lobby, nothing has really changed. Some pro-lifers would make the point that it is only the first restriction and will pave the way for others. I hope so. But I won't believe it until I see it.

Since W. holds the life-of-the-mother/rape/incest exceptions already on abortion, there is no credible reason to believe he personally wants a late-term abortion ban. Life-of-the-mother almost always means the barbaric late-term abortions. And his parents were big early GOP boosters of Planned Parenthood back in Texas in the Sixties and Seventies. His dad only became pro-life (and pro-voodoo economics) after Reagan offered him the VP slot, in an amazing switch that occurred during his brief interview with Reagan. This is partly why conservatives never did trust Spook Daddy.

Serious pro-lifers don't scorn PBA. But they know how small a start it is after decades of effort and supporting the GOP at state and national levels.