Reply #30: I'll answer that one: There is, in essence, no such thing as "partial

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birth abortion". It is an absurd play on words that the RW anti-choice people came up with. In order for there to be a "partial birth" the cervix must have opened to a degree where the baby has passed into the birth canal. Until the mucus plug in the cervix dislodged, the fetus is still in the womb. What "partial birth abortion" would actually be, is the killing of a child while actually being born, and that is murder, in any court in the land.

What you are alluding to is 3rd trimester abortion, which is exceptionally rare, although the anti-choice people would have you believe that it happens 500x a day in the US. In essence, they are lying, and they need to be put under the light on this one. The vast majority of abortions are taken place in the 1st trimester, up to 12 weeks of gestation.

Now to answer the inevitable fol;low-up question, where do I stand on abortion. First and foremost, it is none of my business what an individual does with her body, but I am not "Pro-Abortion"; I am pro choice. I feel that i do not have the authority to tell someone what they can and can't do with their bodies. I am not "in favor" of abortion, but I would much rather ensure that a woman be able to have one in a clean and sterile environment, than have to go to a place where her chances of dying are increased many-fold because of someone else's ideology has demanded that they cannot obtain a service because of a morality that is seriously in question.

Like I said earlier, it is not my business what a woman I don't even know does in this instance.