[Frank Grimes]

Cook said a partial-birth abortion, a three-day long procedure, causes a higher risk of maternal death for women than childbirth. The risk of maternal death is 1 in 6,000 for abortions at 21 weeks and after (when a partial-birth abortion is normally performed) and 1 in 13,000 for childbirth. This makes a partial-birth abortion twice as risky for women.

More dangerous to have an abortion than to go ahead and have the baby, as nature intended. Gee, I never would have thought that! /sarcasm I thought abortions were performed all the time because the health of the mother was in danger. I mean, no one would ever just do it solely as a means of birth control, would they?

[goldstategop]

The point is the liberals have demanded a "health" or "to save the life of the mother" exception all along. Now if it get it, it will be very difficult for them to oppose a partial birth abortion ban. The real test will be if it can survive ligitation to the U.S Supreme Court. No its not perfect but its worth a shot.

[rhema]

I mean, no one would ever just do it solely as a means of birth control, would they?

Because abortion apostles regularly and shamelessly prevaricate, it's helpful to be armed with facts:

Of the reasons given for the 14,450 reported abortions performed in Minnesota in 2000,
**2,378 of the women reported "economic reasons"
**5,608 of the women reported "does not want children at this time"
**754 of the women reported "desire to finish high school and/or college"
**Less than 1 percent of the women reported that the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest.
Additionally,
**6,000 women reported they'd had at least one previous abortion
**928 had had 3 or more previous abortions
**21 had had 9 or more previous abortions
[SOURCE: Minnesota Health Statistics, Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Department of Health]