A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose.In her ruling, Judge Phyllis Hamilton wrote "The act poses an undue burden on a woman's right to choose an abortion". Perhaps she doesn't understand what partial-birth abortion actually involves. Kevin McCullogh gives a pretty detailed (and graphic) analysis here. (June 1 @ 2:19pm - Kevin needs permalinks badly.)The ruling applies to Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half the nation's abortions.
If the mother's life is in danger, there is no way a doctor who is concerned about her health would recommend or perform this procedure. Instead he would rush her into surgery and perform a C-section. The only negative about that procedure (according to Planned Parenthood and their supporters) is that the child is almost always extracted in a living state.
With the birth control options available today followed by nine months of opportunity to legally choose to terminate an unborn child, banning the option to destroy a child within one inch of its (legal) life does not infringe on a woman's right to choose.
Planned Parenthood indeed.
More like Planned Barrenhood.
