[nunya bidness]

If the abortionist does perform a PBA, under this law, he would have to prove that the procedure was essential to save the mother's life.

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. How does the state enforce circumstances as you describe?

After all, with restrictions on a doctor's activity defined to the degree that this bill specifies there would have to be a judge sitting behind every abortion doctor's shoulder like an umpire. Do you see that happening?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Laws are not designed to stop crimes from happening, they are designed to punish those who break them.

Even a full ban on late-term abortions would not hold up under your "what if"...as a matter of fact, no anti-abortion law would hold up under that light, or any laws for that matter.

The law would effectively end the practice for those who do not wish to do something that may bring about legal challenges, the rest will not be stopped by any law.