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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
? Most partial birth abortions are performed between the 20th and 26th weeks -- between the 5th and 6th months.
ETA: to be clear about what we're talking about -- the Partial Birth Abortion is the procedure where the 5th or 6th month old fetus is delivered by a doctor and only the head is kept inside the woman's body so that when the doctor ends the life of the fetus, it can be said that the life ended in utero:
Like I said, I'm pro-choice, but having friends who've delivered live kids at 5 1/2 months, I start thinking about whether the baby could even be heard crying during the above procedure.
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Wouldn't a non-intact D&E be essentially the same? In terms of the picture? Except no part of the fetus would be outside, it would be inside, and curled up rather than stretched out.
ETA reading the summary of the S Ct decision, it sounds like intact D&E could also involve having the head out and the rest in? Not sure if that is less common, or something. Seems to depend on the presentation.
And, that picture seems deceptive (in a cutesy warm fuzzy way) in that the uterus etc. etc. seem to have immediately retracted down around the fetus's head. People I have seen who have given birth or had a late miscarriage seem to be all distended and stuff even days afterwards. But that would be far less attractive.
