Lisa Murkowski: “other physicians agree with the former Surgeon General: Three physicians, who treat pregnant women and their babies on a…”

“other physicians agree with the former Surgeon General: Three physicians, who treat pregnant women and their babies on a regular basis, submitted an editorial in a September 19, 1996, Wall Street Journal editorial and declared that ``Contrary to what abortion activists would have us believe, partial-birth abortion is never medically indicated to protect a woman's health or her fertility.'' A partial-birth abortion is not only tragic, it is violent. The procedure is one in which four-fifths of the child is delivered before the abhorrent process of killing the child begins. Sadly, throughout this procedure the majority of babies are alive and able to move and may actually feel pain during this ordeal. Ms. Brenda Schafer, a nurse who observed a partial-birth abortion, made this moving statement before a congressional committee: The baby's little fingers were clasping and unclasping, and his little feet were kicking. Then the doctor stuck the scissors in the back of his head, and the baby's arms jerked out, like a startle reaction, like a flinch, like a baby does when he thinks he is going to fall. The doctor opened up the scissors, stuck a high-powered suction tube into the opening, and sucked the baby's brains out. Now the baby went completely limp. Mr. President, we have heard much of the brutal reality associated with the process, but let us not forget this reality: the child is within a few moments or a few inches from being protected by law.…”