Imagine that you have just been informed that you or your girlfriend is
pregnant. This drastic news will completely change your entire future. All of the hopes
and dreams that a young, college student obtains are completely and quickly
abolished. That is why according to Planned Parenthood.com, 71% young adults
between the ages of seventeen to twenty two first think of abortion as their answer.
But then imagine that time, months, and even trimesters pass and you still don't know
what to do. It's such a hard decision that will change your life either way. According to
Jimmy Moore, a writer for the Talon News in Washignton on Wed Nov 4, 2003, stated
that a new a law, oulawing "partial-birth abortions," will soon take effect was quickly
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It was then given to President
Bush who had been eager to sign it into law since his State of the Union address in
January, even though President Clinton vetoed it in 1996 and 1997 after successfully
passing through the House and Senate.
Partial birth abortions are precedures that are usually performed during the fifth
month, second trimester, or even later. The woman's cervix is dialted and the fetus is
partially removed feet first. The surgeon inserts a sharp object into the fetus' head and
is removed. The surgeon inserts a vacum tube which takes out all of the fetus' brains.
Then the fetus is more easily removed from the womb. Many, including President Bush,
see this as murder and want all practices to end. "I ask you to protect infants at the very
hour of their birth and end the practice of partial-birth abortion" stated Bush in front of
However, many see this new law that will take effect as a step back on
women's rights. Usually women do this procedure because she is not ready for a child for
whatever reason and has delayed, the fetus ha
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