Odd logic employed President Clinton was 180 degrees off target when he said, in his veto message, it would be ''inhumane'' to ban partial-birth abortions. This is the procedure in which the abortionist forces an unborn child into the breech position, grabs her little legs and pulls her through the birth canal. She is delivered, except for her head. He then jabs scissors into the back of the baby's head and spreads them to enlarge the opening. A catheter is inserted and the brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse.
Inches are important.
If the head accidentally slides out, the little one has been legally born and thus has full constitutional rights. The abortionist must keep a small portion of her inside, so she can be denied those rights. The doctor opened up the scissors, stuck a high-powered suction tube into the opening and sucked the baby's brains out. It is odd that Clinton thinks it would be inhumane to outlaw such procedures. His explanation is that partial-birth abortions are needed sometimes to save an expectant mother's life or to protect her health.