[Trust but Verify]

I do not pretend to understand the whole interstate commerce thing. I have to trust that the writers of these laws know what they are doing and put out a bill which closes as many loopholes as humanly possible. Certainly, I trust that the sponsors of this bill, like Senator Santorum, aren't going to pass a bill that will not have the desired effect.

[William Terrell]

I do not pretend to understand the whole interstate commerce thing.

Neither do I. It's home to regulations banning both firearms and drugs in ways that I admit I can't see has anything to do with interstate commerce.

But the definition of partial birth abortion, that disturbs me. Doesn't it say that regardless of the term in which the procedure is done, the procedure can continue within the law so long as the head is exposed only to, say, the mouth, or the body exposed only to, say, the pelvis?

I guess the question I have, is an abortionist able to terminate the pregnancy without exosing the whole head or the body from feet to navel. If they can, I just fail to see how this legislation changes anything.

There must be something I'm missing.