Mark Souder: “as a cosponsor of H.R. 760, the Partial- Birth Abortion Ban Act, I strongly believe that the Congress must act now to…”

“as a cosponsor of H.R. 760, the Partial- Birth Abortion Ban Act, I strongly believe that the Congress must act now to pass this important bill. We should no longer allow the abhorrent killing of a partially-delivered baby to be lawful. Leading up to a partial-birth abortion, a pregnant woman's cervix is forcibly dilated over a three-day time period. On the third day, the abortionist pulls a living baby feet-first out of the womb and into the birth canal, except for the head, which the abortionist purposely keeps lodged just inside the cervix. While the fetus is stuck in this position, dangling partly out of the woman's body, and just a few inches from a completed birth, the abortionist punctures the base of the skull with a surgical instrument, such as a pair of long scissors or a pointed hollow metal tube called a trochar. He or she then inserts a catheter into the wound and removes the baby's brain with a powerful suction machine. This causes the skull to collapse, after which the abortionist completes the delivery of the now-dead baby. The corpse is discarded, usually as medical waste. H.R. 760 would ban performance of this heinous procedure except if it were necessary to save a mother's life.”