Joe Pitts: “Partial-birth abortion is what some call getting away with murder on a technicality. By law, a baby who has taken a…”

“Partial-birth abortion is what some call getting away with murder on a technicality. By law, a baby who has taken a breath outside the womb is considered a human being, a person. No one would think of killing it. To kill him would be murder. To get around this technicality, abortionists turn the baby around so they can partially deliver the baby feet first, like a breech birth. While the baby's head remains in the birth canal, then they stick him in the back of the neck with surgical scissors and suck out his brain. Because the baby's head is held inside the mother's birth canal, the law does not count it as murder. Therefore, it is called getting away with murder on a technicality. This is one of the most disgusting ways of circumventing the law I can think of. How can we justify saying a baby who can live on its own is not allowed to survive simply because someone is holding its head inside its mother's body? We cannot, not if we believe in the dignity of human life. But we can stop this terrible procedure and save thousands of lives of healthy babies who are dying every year. Vote for this bill and close this loophole that allows people to literally get away with murder and infanticide.”