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November 7, 2003
Volume: 94
Issue: 11
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Ban on partial birth abortion bad for country
Jessica Fenton
Staff writer
November 7, 2003-- Last week the senate voted 64-34 to ban what pro-life groups call "partial birth abortion." The medical term for this procedure is dilation and extraction; there is no medical procedure known as partial birth abortion. Detrimental to the future of women's health and rights, this ban goes against some of the basic principles of our Constitution.
Let's get the facts straight: a third trimester abortion is an abortion occurring after the 27th week of pregnancy. Needless to say, the procedure commonly used, known as D&X (dilation and extraction), is quite an intrusive and repulsive procedure. The woman's cervix is dilated, and the fetus is partially removed from the womb, feet first. The surgeon inserts a sharp object into the back of the fetus' head, removes it, and inserts a vacuum tube through which the brain is extracted. The head of the fetus contracts at this point and allows the fetus to be more easily removed from the womb.
This medical method of abortion is indeed not something in which most women would want to partake...