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Chris Smith: this past Sunday, New Jersey's Bergen Record published a lengthy investigative report about the partial-birth abortions.…

On the recordSeptember 18, 1996
this past Sunday, New Jersey's Bergen Record published a lengthy investigative report about the partial-birth abortions. I was appalled to read that a single facility in New Jersey--Metropolitan Medical in Englewood--performs at least 1,500 partial-birth abortions every year. This is three times the number of brain suction abortions that the National Abortion Federation, NARAL, and other pro-abortion groups have estimated are preformed annually throughout the country. This revelation belies the statement of Bill Clinton that the process of sucking a baby's brains out moments before his or her full delivery is limited to 500 children per year nationally. Even if the lower number were true, however, I am stunned that he or anyone else could belittle the horror of partial-birth abortion by saying it only kills 500 children each year. This death toll exceeds the Oklahoma City bombings--an act of terrorism we have all condemned as barbaric. What is equally as frightening is the fact that the same Record article reveals the most partial-birth abortions in New Jersey were done to teenagers, and they were done as elective procedures, not for medical reasons.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Addressing the issue of partial-birth abortions in New Jersey based on a report from the Bergen Record.

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