Michael Burgess: “I am a physician who has dedicated my life to the healthcare of women. I have delivered over 3,000 babies. The only…”

“I am a physician who has dedicated my life to the healthcare of women. I have delivered over 3,000 babies. The only reason to select the partial-birth abortion procedure is to ensure that a baby is dead when it is delivered. As a doctor, I recognize that serious complications can occur during the last trimester of pregnancy. However, if the mother's health dictates that the pregnancy must be concluded and a normal birth is not possible, the baby may be delivered by C-section. Whether the infant lives or dies in that scenario depends on the severity of the medical complications and the degree of prematurity, but that outcome is dictated by the disease process itself. The fate of the infant during this procedure, the partial-birth abortion procedure, is predetermined by the nature of the procedure performed and is uniformly fatal to the baby. In 1995, a panel of 12 doctors representing the American Medical Association voted unanimously to recommend banning the partial-birth abortion procedure, calling it 'basically repulsive.' I agree with the AMA. It is repulsive. It is unnecessary. And, fortunately, it will soon be illegal.”