The court's reasoning was that although gruesome, this procedure might be safer than the common procedure of using instruments to dismember the child in the womb. Sharp fetal bone fragments create similar dangers. And fetal tissue left behind can cause infection and various other complications. After all, even partial birth abortion requires insertion of some instruments into the woman. Thus Mr. Will demonstrates how the debate about abortion has moved insidiously to threaten the child outside the womb.
Abortion is the central issue of our day.
We ignore it at our peril. The warped philosophy behind it will continue its march of death from the pre-born to the newborn to the infant, and onward to the next vulnerable group. So, if abortion doesn't make you squeamish, and if your conscience has been so numbed that even partial-birth abortion doesn't turn your stomach, perhaps these latest developments will awaken you to the advancing powers of evil and death. Let us pray that God will lead us out of this tremendous darkness, and that as a nation we will awaken to the sacredness of life. The call to be a follower of Jesus is given to persons of every age.