"They use this term called 'dismemberment abortion,' which hasn't been picked up in the same way that
partial birth abortion was used," Nash said.
THE FIGHT OVER THE PROCEdure that came to be known as "
partial birth abortion" spanned 15 years, beginning in 1992 with a presentation made at a clinical meeting of the National Abortion Federation and ending in 2007 with the Supreme Court upholding the Federal
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
The 5-4 decision said that the
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, approved by Congress in 2003, does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, even though it does not contain an exception to protect the health of the mother.
The "
Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003" was ruled unconstitutional last month by the U.S.
The Conservatives were presented with a resolution at their policy convention, stating: "A Conservative government will support a ban on the performing or funding of third trimester
partial birth abortion." The motion never came to a vote.
"
partial birth abortion," Both terms are linguistic ploys concocted by advocates to prejudice public debate.
The bill bans a procedure called
partial birth abortion, which is a political term, not a medical one.
* The Senate in September sustained President Clinton's second veto of the so-called
partial birth abortion ban (see "The `Partial-Birth' Debate in 1998" in the March/April Humanist).
Fifty-eight percent of Republicans were against setting a litmus test requiring all GOP candidates to oppose so-called "
partial birth abortion" before they can receive party support.
The House revisited and approved the
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act by an even larger veto-proof majority than it had the previous year.
Even while acknowledging that Clinton voted against the
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, Politifact was sure to cite that her objections to the bill were due to the lack of exceptions included to protect the health of the woman.
Federal judges in both New York and Nebraska recently have struck down the "
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003" in two separate challenges to the law.