David Weldon: “as a physician, I find the practice of partial-birth abortion extremely disturbing. This is a gruesome practice where…”

“as a physician, I find the practice of partial-birth abortion extremely disturbing. This is a gruesome practice where the abortionist delivers the entire child except the head. The head is left in the mother's womb until the abortionist kills the child by puncturing the back of the child's neck. If the baby's head were three inches further out of the birth canal, this practice would be recognized as murder under our court system. Critics of a partial-birth abortion ban have asserted that the ban could endanger the life and/or health of the mother, but such is not the case. Even the American Medical Association has said that the partial-birth abortion procedure is 'not good medicine' and is 'not medically indicated' in any situation. Congress has approved legislation to ban partial-birth abortions in the 104th, 105th, and the 106th Congresses with support by scores of Members who have never voted pro-life. Even many abortion supporters find this practice reprehensible. President Bush has said that he would sign a bill banning this practice. My hope is that the 107th Congress will give the President the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 for him to do just that. I'm hopeful that we will soon see progress in ending this gruesome practice. I urge my colleagues to do the right thing today and vote for this ban.”