If you want to get sanctimonious about "life", how about comparing # of PBA's to # of handgun deaths in the U.S.? Just to throw in another hot-button issue. Want me to dig up some numbers for you?
Indeed I do. Considering that the single statistic I have seen on PBA's was that in 1985, in the State of, I believe it was Ohio, there were about 1,000 PBA's. Also, I have heard that a PBA does not in any way save a mother's life. The reason being, the baby is 95% naturally birthed (i.e. "partial birth"), with only the head still inside the mother, when the scissors are plunged into the base of the skull. 1) If the baby is that far birthed, then the final 5% coming out into the world isn't going to hazard the mother. 2) Why the brutality towards this fetus, with the scissors and "skull evacuation"? The answer is the doctor is afraid the fetus will live. His orders are to abort a "blob of tissue" called a fetus, so he can't take a chance on having a beating heart and brainwaves joined by lungs sucking oxygen.
Let's hear your PBA vs. handgun #s. Perhaps with the 'net this weekend, you can dig up some numbers for us. |
