I. Intro- In 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion in all fifty states during all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason, medical, social, or otherwise. Of the approximately 1.5 million abortions performed each year, 93% are done electively. Most reasons are things such as the woman doesn't feel ready for a baby, can't afford one, or has broke up with her boyfriend. Recently, a procedure known as the partial-birth abortion has been developed. Partial-birth abortions are murder and should be outlawed.
II. For those who don't know, partial birth abortion is a procedure used to abort a woman who has been pregnant for 4.5 or longer. Guided by ultrasound, the doctor reaches into the uterus, grabs the unborn baby's leg with forceps, an pulls the baby into the birth canal, except fo
III. I learned of this atrocity last year off of a television show. I can't believe such a procedure exists. How can someone not call this murder? A couple in Delaware was sentenced to death for killing their baby a few months after it was born. I don't see the difference between the two. Representative Charles T. Canady of Florida said "The only difference between the partial birth abortion and homicide is a mere three inches."
VI. Some good news on the subject of partial birth abortions is that is has been banned in twenty eight states. Many of the states banned it in record time and three have overridden governor's vetoes.
VII. To conclude this presentation, I would like to read to you a statement by Brenda Pratt Shafer, a registered nurse who worked with D. Haskell for three days in 1993. She presented this statement before the U.S. Ho
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