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Originally posted by mu_agd
what about in the situation where giving birth would kill the mother? would you take the fetus's life over hers?
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That's not really applicable in the case of partial birth abortions. In a partial birth abortion, the fetus is partially delivered (delivery is induced) and it is killed before it is fully delivered.
Here's a site (obviously biased because it refers to the partially delivered fetus as a "baby"), however, it is basically accurate in describing the procedure.
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/diagram.html
If you don't want to click the link, here's a text description of what happens (taken from the above site):
1. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps.
2. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
3. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
4. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
5. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
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I'm not saying abortion is right or wrong. I'm still undecided on how I feel about this one. It all (in my mind) goes back to the question of when someone becomes a person. When a fetus must be aborted in this way, there's a good chance they could survive through modern premie technology.
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