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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (12300)	11/2/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

My, my. You wouldn't be engaging in mrknowitall's FEAR-MONGERING tactics here, would you? You wouldn't be an absolutist on the topic of the HEINOUS EVIL of abortion, would you? I will break protocol here and repeat my post on the subject from this morning. From agi-usa.org In the spring of 1995, a new issue arose in the bitter abortion debate that has divided Americans for 25 years. It was the use in some instances of a procedure to terminate late-term pregnancies known as intact dilatation and extraction, or D&X. Abortion opponents dubbed the procedure "partial-birth abortion." The terminology didn't even exist till 1995, and it was obviously chosen for political purposes. The line has been pressed here that the procedure was somehow invented to make sure the fetus was dead before it came out. Somehow, I doubt that, given the following statistics: Table 2. Fetal Deaths, 1992 Gestational age Number 2023 weeks 8,152 2427 weeks 4,567 2831 weeks 3,635 3235 weeks 4,107 Those are sad statistics indeed, and have nothing to do with abortions. Something has to be done in those instances, D&E is better that a C-section in terms of the mother's health and recovery. Better prenatal care could probably reduce fetal death after 24 weeks much more than a "PBA" ban, the total number of abortions after 24 weeks in 1992 was 1170. Somehow, better prenatal care doesn't seem to be much of a priority for the "right to life" crowd, at least compared to the PBA issue of the day. I must apologize as before for responding to your FACTUAL and SUBSTANTIAL contribution on the subject with the FEELINGS and EMOTIONS expressed above.