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“…Congress found…that this method of killing a living fetus- performed on fetuses that are at or near viability-…perverts the birth process, blurs the line between abortion and infanticide, and confuses the medical, legal, and ethical duties of physicians to preserve life.

"Congress also found that partial-birth abortion imposes severe pain on the fetus.”

“Congress specifically found that partial-birth abortion poses serious risks of its own to the health of a woman undergoing the procedure.

"Those risks include…cervical incompetence, potentially hindering a woman’s ability to carry a subsequent pregnancy to term, and a risk of lacerations and severe hemorrhaging from a doctor forcing a sharp instrument into the base of the skull of the fetus while it is lodged in the birth canal.

"Additional risks include that of uterine rupture, abruption, amniotic fluid embolus, and trauma to the uterus as a result of any conversion of the fetus to a footling breech position...”

[Excerpts from previous Department of Justice filings from spokesman Monica Goodling, who published a detailed explanation of the legal issues involved in the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban case]

 
For Title V Funding (5/02) PDF Print E-mail

For Title V funding are: "Abstinence Education" - an educational or motivational program which –
"(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
"(B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
"(C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems;

"(D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
"(E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
"(F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and society;
"(G) teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
"(H) teaches the importance of attaining self- sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity." [AbstinenceE-mail Update Special Edition 24May 02]

 
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