Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Overturned

The ban on partial-birth abortions (technically called "dilation and extraction," the most descriptive and accurate term is probably "killing the baby during delivery") was overturned by surprise, surprise, a court in San Francisco.

The judge's main objections were that the act restricted the mother's right to choose.

This is crazy. She is right; it does restrict the mother's actions. However, all the laws in America restrict our choices. If the mother's rights truly are paramount, then we should legalize infanticide. After all, maybe something comes up in the mother's career and the baby becomes inconvenient; or perhaps the mother loses her job and cannot afford to feed the baby.

The fact remains that the fetus/baby is in the middle of being born, can feel pain, and is viable. Whatever you wish to call it, the f/b is alive. To kill it is a travesty. While I believe that there's always a better option, if you are going to have an abortion, you should do it early in the pregnancy. Partial-birth abortion is unnecessary, brutal, and indicative of a society in which something has gone horribly wrong. This ban is one thing that President Bush has done right. Let's just hope that Judge Hamilton doesn't get her way.