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Partial
Birth Abortion FAQ's
ARE THE BABIES ALIVE DURING THE ABORTION?
Yes! On July 11, 1995, American Medical News (AMA’s official journal) submitted the
transcript of a tape-recorded interview with abortionist Dr. Martin Haskell to the House
Judiciary Committee in which he admitted: “...the majority of fetuses aborted this
way (partial birth abortion) are alive until the end of the procedure.”
IS THIS TYPE OF ABORTION RARE?
When this type of procedure first became public knowledge, those defending it said it was
only done a few hundred times a year. Then Ron Fitzsimmons, the executive director of the
National Coalition of Abortion Providers admitted on ABC’s “Nightline”
(11/95) that he had lied when he asserted the procedure was used rarely and only on women
whose lives were in danger. The reality is, this gruesome method of killing partially born
babies is done many thousands of times a year. Abortionist, Dr. McMahon, admitted in 1995
to performing over 2000 partial birth abortions.
ARE THEY PERFORMED ONLY ON SEVERELY DEFORMED BABIES?
That is what the abortion industry would like you to believe. But Dr. Haskell said in a
tape recorded interview with the AMA’s American Medical News: “...and I’ll
be quite frank: most of my abortions are elective (not medically necessary) in that 20-24
week range ... In my particular case, probably 20% are for genetic reasons. And the other
80% are purely elective.” An article in the L.A. Times (8/28/96) listed some of the
medical reasons for this type of abortion. They included cleft palates, cystic hygroma,
(both easily corrected problems) and cystic fibrosis. The medical conditions present in
the mother that warranted this type of abortion were, “depression, chicken pox,
diabetes, vomiting ...” In other words, even those partial birth abortions that are
done for the “health of the mother” or because of a “defective fetus”
are often performed for minor, easily correctable conditions. Dr. C. Everett Coop, former
U.S. Surgeon General, stated, “... in no way can I twist my mind to see that the
late-term abortion as described is a medical necessity for the mother. It certainly
can’t be a necessity for the baby.”
IS THIS TYPE OF ABORTION EVER DONE ON THIRD TRIMESTER BABIES?
Yes. While most babies are in their 20th to 24th week when aborted in this manner, babies
are aborted as late as the ninth month! This was admitted to by abortionist Dr. McMahon
who, in 1995, submitted to the House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee a graph and
explanation that showed he aborted healthy babies even in the third trimester!
As disturbing as this sounds, these are the facts. In this country medical doctors are
partially delivering babies and then killing them. These babies are inches from being
born. Many could be born and placed directly in the loving arms of childless couples for
adoption. Instead, they are cruelly killed. Some call this abortion. No matter what you
call it, you cannot alter the reality - 4 more inches out of the womb and this act would
be called murder.
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