For several years now, abortion cases have filled the media and courts of law with numerous arguments in favor and against it. Advocates of the procedure base their arguments upon women's right to chose for themselves, whereas disclaimers of abortion state the unborn fetuses' rights to be brought to life and given a chance to live.
             The latest issue with abortion regards a highly disputed method of terminating unwanted pregnancies: "partial-birth abortion" - known medically as both intact dilation and evacuation or D and X."1 The method is generally used to terminate second trimester pregnancies and medical doctors believe it to be a rather safe procedure. However, justices disagree and fought to have the procedure banned on the territory of the United States.
             In 2003, the Congress of the United States found the method cruel (as it implies that "the fetus is partially delivered intact and its skull is then collapsed"2) and banned the D and X procedure on the basis that it endangers the mother's health. Medical doctors disagreed with the Congress and requested the least some exceptions to the ruling, in the severe cases when the mother's safety depended on the procedure. Their request was taken into consideration under the specification that "substantial medical authority supports the medical necessity of the procedure in some instances."3
             Considered as an anti constitutional ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice, the banning of the procedure has been continuously appealed in courts of law, with no certain outcome so far.
             2. Background on the history of the abortion controversy
             Abortion has always been a highly delicate matter, especially when taking into consideration conservatories, moral and religious points of view. Up until recently, most American states desired to "regulate or even prohibit abortion except in cases where it is necessary, in appropriate m...