A proposed ballot measure supporters say is intended to restrict abortions in North Dakota would make it a felony to decapitate or crush the skull of a fetus….The proposal seeks to ban the use of “any instrument or procedure to grasp the skull or neck” of a fetus in order to decapitate it or crush its skull.
~WKRG News, April 13
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But, but, but….. abortion is a woman’s right.
That is an awesome ballot issue. Most people do not know or want to know what actually takes place in an abortion. If more people find out by answering a ballot question…wow. Not many people, even fence leaners on abortion, would not vote against crushing the skull or decapitating a unborn child. Talk about voting on facts. Wow!
Good for you, ND!!
Yeah, well, they’ll just kill the baby with lethal injection then. Attempts to outlaw certain procedures, while drawing attention to the hideous violence of abortion, just makes the beasts come up with other ways to kill.
wooohooooo ND !!!!
This is good news though. These should be considered a small victory for the pro-life movement. I know that we all want abortion to be overturned but this is definitely going in the right direction.
How could anyone crush the skull of a tiny baby?! It more than breaks my heart to even think about it! These precious tiny babies must be defended and protected. I hate to make this comparison but if anyone did this to animals can you just see the outrage? Abortion is so cruel(to say the least) and must be stopped!
ND’s only abortion mill is Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, ND.(Where quite a few of my college friends went for their abortions.) They do abortions up until 15 weeks.
I am happy to see prolife legislation but could someone explain the reasoning behind it if late term abortions aren’t being done?
Carla, perhaps the rationale is to both raise conciousness (people really are ignorant of the violence that is abortion) and have something in place before such abortions might be performed (think Carhart’s ilk moving in & opening up shop). Also, when we think of free-standing abortuaries, it doesn’t necessarily mean that abortions are not happening at later gestations at hospitals. As far as ND goes, listen to what Colleen Samson says about her state at the beginning of the 2008 40 Days for Life video. PTL!
Because what makes abortion so horrible is that the child’s head is crushed or decapitated, but the dismemberment part, yeah that’s fine.
Yeah, kmann, I know what happens during an abortion. A child is killed.
This has got to be the stupidest abortion-regulation law I’ve ever seen.
Carla, I responded to your question some time ago, and it said my comment was being held for approval by the blog owner?
Carla
Even in abortions that are performed at 11-13wks the skull is too large to pass through the suction tube. It has to be crushed and removed by another instrument.
Cranky Catholic
The vast majority of people do not like to think of the specifics. We know that sadly the end result is a baby. Many people like to caver their eyes, ears, and mouth to pretend if they don’t know it isn’t REALLY happening. If it is in their face where they have to look at reality and vote whether or not it is ok to crush the skull of a child, they cannot deny they have a hand in what happens.
klynn73.
I guess you have been approved! :)
Thanks to you and kmann. I appreciate your insight.
kmann, EVERYBODY knows what abortion is. It’s the direct killing of a child. Whether the child is decapitated, dismembered, has his brains sucked out, or dumped intact behind the door of a utility closet to suffocate … it doesn’t change the fact a child is dead.
That’s why abortion is wrong, not because of HOW the child dies. Bills like this one dehumanize the child into a series of body parts. And politicians can pat themselves on the back and pretend to be pro-life because they create nonsense bills like this one, gain the pro-life vote, and tell his constituents, “at least we will EDUCATE people.”