Oh, my.

[agilebrit]

Court backs ban on abortion procedure.

The Supreme Court has backed the federal ban on D&X (partial birth) abortions.

Praise the Lord! *does chair-dance*

The usual suspects are howling in anger over not being able to deliver a baby backwards except for her head, jam a pair of scissors through the back of her skull, and vacuum her brains out, before completing the delivery, but I'm pleased as punch.

What a wonderful thing to wake up to.

Comments

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

ITA! This particular "procedure" has no merit IMHO...It forces a breech birth (dangerous when natural much less induced) and I have yet to hear of a single case where it did other than make the mother's life MORE at risk.

I don't believe in abortion (for myself) due to spiritual beliefs, DO believe in legal abortions for those not sharing my beliefs but cannot understand the controversy about ending THIS form!

Dancing with you.

Kathleen

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

My OB-GYN, when asked, told me that this procedure is never ever medically necessary for the mother. All it does is ensure a dead baby--and make it easier to harvest brain tissue and organs. Not only that, but they insert laminaria to dilate the cervix, which takes a couple of days. No emergency procedure, this.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with one of the Writercon chairs, who is a doctor and says that this is a procedure sometimes necessary to save the life of the mother?

I'm a liberal, torn on the subject of abortion in general, and very glad it was never a choice I had to face.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I'm not, but my own doctor was horrified when I asked him about the procedure and said that he couldn't conceive (heh) of ANY circumstance where he'd do it.

And since there's an exception there for the life of the mother, a doctor is covered if it is necessary.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Right there with you, on all counts!

I was so happy to hear the news this morning!