Partial Birth Abortion

Partial birth abortion is a second- and third-trimester abortion technique for removing babies that are too large for other methods to be performed safely on the mother. As with all abortion techniques, the so-called Communications Decency Act makes it a felony to tell describe how it's done, regardless of whether you're doing so to teach an abortionist how to do an abortion or whether you're a pro-lifer trying to explain how brutal the procedure is.

How To Perform A Partial Birth Abortion

The following material is an extract from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/1?r104:./temp/~r104iTp7:e170455: - a description of partial birth abortion in the Congressional Record. If you were to post the same material on your web page, you'd be a felon; Members of Congress are allowed to say anything they want, but I don't know if the law also protects their webmaster....

While maintaining this tension, lifting the cervix and applying traction to the shoulders with the fingers of the left hand, the surgeon takes a pair of blunt curved Metzenbaum scissors in the right hand. He carefully advances the tip, curved down, along the spine and under his middle finger until he feels it contact the base of the skull under the tip of his middle finger.

Reassessing proper placement of the closed scissors tip and safe elevation of the cervix, the surgeon then forces the scissors into the base of the skull or into the foramen magnum. Having safely entered the skull, he spreads the scissors to enlarge the opening.

The surgeon removes the scissors and introduces a suction catheter into this hole and evacuates the skull contents. With the catheter still in place, he applies traction to the fetus, removing it completely from the patient.

Further References

You can search the Congressional Record at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r104query.html.

The following references are the result of a web search using another popular search engine.

Partial Birth Abortion Diagrams

Partial Birth Abortion. The illustrations below show how a partial-birth abortion is performed. These diagrams have been shown in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House....
http://www.fc.net/~gartl/newsletter/sep95/diagram.html - size 2K - 2 Jan 96

Nurse Tells Horror of Partial-Birth Abortion
Nurse is eyewitness to horrifying partial-birth abortion procedure. The following is an excerpted version of a letter written by Brenda Shafer, a registered nurse, to...
http://www.fc.net/~gartl/newsletter/sep95/nurse.html - size 4K - 2 Jan 96

HOUSE PASSES PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BILL
HOUSE PASSES PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BILL. By Dan Harrie THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. The Utah House on Wednesday continued its anti-abortion push, passing with token...
http://www.sltrib.com/96/feb/22/tci/23551036.htm - size 6K - 22 Feb 96

How is a partial-birth abortion performed?
How is a partial-birth abortion performed?The bill is aimed at the basic method practiced by Dr. MartinHaskell of Dayton, Ohio, and by the late Dr. James McMahon of...
http://www.clark.net/nrlc/pbafac3.html - size 1K - 6 Dec 95

Abortion
Abortion: Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act Passes Both Houses. While the environment and equal rights among races and for women has gained momentum, the pro-life fight has...
http://www-student.furman.edu/users/l/lcole/abort.html - size 3K - 20 Feb 96

STAND TO REASON Commentary: Partial-Birth Abortion: It's Not About Abortion
Christianity Worth Thinking About. Partial-Birth Abortion: It's Not About Abortion. by Greg Koukl. Sunday, December 11, 1995. I'm writing an article on the so-called...
http://str.org/partial.htm - size 15K - 21 Feb 96

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Senators Voting to Allow Partial-Birth Abortion. On Thursday, December 7,1995, the Senate voted to ban partial-birth abortions, 54 to 44. Listed here are the 44 Senators...
http://www.mich.com/~buffalo/pbasenate.html - size 674 bytes - 11 Dec 95

Thoughts on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Thoughts on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. Kevin C. Walsh, Dartmouth '98. "Today's vote is the most devastating and appalling attack on a woman's freedom to choose in...
http://www.dartmouth.edu/student/sorg/life/PBAessay.html - size 5K - 3 Dec 95

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Representatives Voting to Allow Partial-Birth Abortion. On Wednesday, November 1, 1995, the House voted to ban partial-birth abortions, 288 to 139. Listed Here Are The...
http://www.mich.com/~buffalo/forpb.html - size 2K - 2 Nov 95

Pro-life Victory on Partial Birth Abortion Ban: KEEP PLANK(Agree)
Base: Domestic Issues Re: LET'S KEEP THE PRO-LIFE PLANK! (Ed Holdgate) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 22:18:11 GMT From: Ed Holdgate (mveh2@willow.att.com) Pro-life Victory on...
http://www.rnc.org:1080/HyperNews/get/domestic/1/3.html - size 3K - 24 Feb 96

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