| Press
Release
Partial
Birth Abortion Ban Passes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2003
Today
the United States Senate passed the Partial Birth abortion
ban. It is about
time. Partial
birth abortion, the partial delivery of an unborn child
culminating in death by the suctioning out the unborn’s
brains, shocks our sensibilities and numbs our senses.
Partial birth abortion is brutal and congressional
witnesses have demonstrated that partial birth abortion is not
necessary for the health of the mother.
The
partial birth abortion ban is and has been a necessary step in
curbing abortion in the United States.
Since the Congress introduced this bill eight years
ago, support for abortion has dropped by more than ten
percent, leading to an emerging right to life majority.
The nearly twenty percent decrease in the yearly number
of abortions has been another result of the discussion on
partial birth abortion. That
this shift occurred during the Clinton administration
demonstrates the strength of the pro-life position and
message.
The
partial birth abortion ban has strong public support because
most “pro-choice” Americans do not believe that abortion
rights and “choice” should include the shocking and
merciless killing of late term unborn children by suctioning
their brains out.
A
court challenge to this law will be filed after the president
signs the ban into law. Nevada
LIFE and right to life organizations everywhere welcome the
discussion that is to follow. When Americans talk about partial birth abortion, unborn
children win. It’s
about time that this ban has come.
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