clipped from: www.wimnonline.org   

“[The] partial birth abortion ban is a political scam but a public relations goldmine…The major benefit is the debate that surrounds it.”

So said Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, a militant anti-choice group that blockaded abortion providers, in a 2003 press release from the Christian Communication Network.

Because there is no such thing as “partial birth abortion.” The term is found in no medical book. It was made up in 1995 by Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right-to-Life Committee,
The leading medical associations all agreed this was a misleading term
almost identical abortion ban was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2000
law which at a minimum:
Does not provide adequate exceptions for a woman’s health,
aw which steps directly into the physician’s exam room and tells him or her what medical technique cannot be used even
physician’s judgment
protect her health and future fertility