[pieceofthepuzzle]

First, this guy is an ‘automobile’ columnist with the LA times. So his view on abortion warrants a column in the newspaper because.....? Second, as you point out, there is no equivalence between what he is talking about and partial birth abortion. Third, the practice of calling partial birth abortion “intact dilation and extraction” doesn’t change the barbaric inhuman nature of the procedure. Perhaps we should start using the term ‘mind-body liberation’ for beheadings.
Finally, as an aside, why was it that they chose to terminate both boys and keep both girls?

[silverleaf]

Some wanted to know how we decided to keep the girls. Partly, it was a matter of how the fetuses were arranged. Partly, it had to do with other factors. Some studies show offspring of older fathers (I'm 47) run a higher risk of autism, and males are four times as likely to be autistic. Still, I had reservations about bringing girls into the world now, when forces seemed to be aligning to disenfranchise them (nine of 10 GOP presidential candidates favor reversing Roe vs. Wade). I hate to think my girls will have to fight the battles their mothers and grandmothers fought.

Then he goes on about hwo proud he will be to someday introduce "Viv" and "Roz" to the doctor who reduced their (unnamed?) brothers.