Carrie Bartkowiak v. 5.0

With the gruesome happenings of last week, I completely missed this. You probably did, too.

4/19/2007 - Infanticide Is No Longer Legal - Opinion - Chattanoogan.com

Finally. FINALLY. The U.S. has made it illegal to perform an abortion on a baby that’s ready to be born. Why did it take so damn long?

The Congress finds and declares the following…

…”A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion–an abortion in which a physician deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living, unborn child’s body until either the entire baby’s head is outside the body of the mother, or any part of the baby’s trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother and only the head remains inside the womb, for the purpose of performing an overt act (usually the puncturing of the back of the child’s skull and removing the baby’s brains) that the person knows will kill the partially delivered infant, performs this act, and then completes delivery of the dead infant–is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited.”

…”In light of this overwhelming evidence, Congress and the States have a compelling interest in prohibiting partial-birth abortions. In addition to promoting maternal health, such a prohibition will draw a bright line that clearly distinguishes abortion and infanticide, that preserves the integrity of the medical profession, and promotes respect for human life.”

…”The vast majority of babies killed during partial-birth abortions are alive until the end of the procedure. It is a medical fact, however, that unborn infants at this stage can feel pain when subjected to painful stimuli and that their perception of this pain is even more intense than that of newborn infants and older children when subjected to the same stimuli. Thus, during a partial-birth abortion procedure, the child will fully experience the pain associated with piercing his or her skull and sucking out his or her brain.

You can find the full text of the decision at the link above.
These babies are heartbeats away from life outside the womb, and could be given to parents who would love and care for the child. No more last-minute cold-feet decisions.

All in one week… so many children senselessly killed, so many senseless killings stopped.
Wherever you are today, raise a glass to the Supreme Court and to the babies who will get to live full, happy lives.

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