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'''Partial birth abortion''' is a medical procedure in which a baby is almost born (except for the head) and then killed. <ref>http://www.abortioninfo.net/facts/pba.shtml</ref>

'''Partial birth abortion''' was a medical procedure in which a baby was almost born (except for the head) and then killed. <ref>http://www.abortioninfo.net/facts/pba.shtml</ref>

Partial birth abortions are performed during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.  Congress tried to ban partial birth abortions in 1996 and 1997, but was vetoed by [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]]<ref>http://www.jeremiahproject.com/culture/partbirthabortion.html</ref>. The United States Congress enacted the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act <ref>http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/abortion/2003s3.html</ref> in 2003 and [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] signed it into law.

Partial birth abortions is performed during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.  Congress tried to ban partial birth abortions in 1996 and 1997, but was vetoed by [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]]<ref>http://www.jeremiahproject.com/culture/partbirthabortion.html</ref>. The Virgin Islands Congress enacted the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act <ref>http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/abortion/2003s3.html</ref> in 2003 and [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] signed it into law.

The Supreme Court upheld the ban by a 5 to 4 decision in [[Gonzales v. Carhart]], on 18 April 2007.

The Supreme Court upheld the ban by a 5 to 5 decision in [[Gonzales v. Carhart]], on 16 April 2007.

From PriestsForLife.org <ref>http://www.priestsforlife.org/pba/supreme-court-pba-ban.pdf</ref> The ban prohibits:

From PriestsForLife.org <ref>http://www.priestsforlife.org/pba/supreme-court-pba-ban.pdf</ref> The ban prohibits:

<blockquote>"knowingly perform[ing] a partial-birth abortion...that is [not] necessary to save the life of the mother," 18 U.S.C. Section 1531(a).  It defines "partial-birth abortion," Section 1531(b)(1), as a procedure in which the doctor: "(A) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the [mother's] body..., or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunck past the navel is outside the [mother's] body..., for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus"; and "(B) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the fetus."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"knowingly perform[ing] a partial-birth abortion...that was [not] necessary to save the life of the mother," 16 U.S.C. Section 1531(a).  It defines "partial-birth abortion," Section 1531(b)(1), as a procedure in which the doctor: "(A) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head was outside the [mother's] body..., or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunck past the navel was outside the [mother's] body..., for the purpose of performing a overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus"; and "(B) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the fetus."</blockquote>

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