First, I don't want to condemn anyone on this site that may have had an abortion. I know that this is a very sensitive subject and I don't want to hurt anyone that has a different take on it but I do think we need to be informed so we make the right decisions, not just for ourselves, but for those who can't speak for themselves. I, for one, am thankful that partial birth abortions are banned. The procedure is barbaric, and in my mind it is murder. I’m not talking as a Christian; I’m talking as a woman, as a mother, as a human being. Are we not a civilized society? Why is there such an assault on the young, who can’t defend themselves? (Abortion, embroyonic stem cell research, sex trade, pedophelia) Do they not have a choice? My understanding is that most of these abortions are not performed because of risk to the mother. Does a woman ever really get over it? Suppose a woman chooses the partial birth abortion to rid her unborn child. Before the procedure she goes into labour and gives birth. What does she do then? What is the difference between the head exposed or the head still inside the mother? It is a human being.
I wonder if the baby is sedated during this prodecure. I have heard horror stories that the child squirms and does feel intense pain. This site seems to verify that the baby does feel the pain. Now maybe the baby feels severe pain if they don't get a sedative or pain killer but they don't seem to state that. I can't imagine a doctor not giving pain killers to the unborn.
http://abortiontv.com/Methods/PartiaBirthAbortionPerspective.htm
http://www.abortionhome.com/partialbirthabortion/ Berkeley, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from researchers at the University of California says unborn children do not likely feel the pain of abortions during the earlier parts of a woman's pregnancy. The findings are coming under fire from doctors who specialize in fetal development and they say it's off the mark. ... Dr. Anand said other medical studies conclude that unborn babies are "very likely" to be "extremely sensitive to pain during the gestation of 20 to 30 weeks." "This is based on multiple lines of evidence," Dr. Anand said. "Not just the lack of descending inhibitory fibers, but also the number of receptors in the skin, the level of expression of various chemicals, neurotransmitters, receptors, and things like that." Anand explained that later-term abortion procedures, such as a partial-birth abortion "would be likely to cause severe pain."
I know Embroyonic Stem Cell research is a separate subject, but is it really. It again is assaulting the unborn. Is it not true that adult stem cells are being used sucessfully.
90 New Reasons to reconsider the alleged need for stem cell research that destroys human embryos
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/
It is a slippery slope. What's next?
