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Originally Posted by TotalMILF
I just looked up the Federal law regarding late-term abortions. From what I understand all abortions past 12 weeks are illegal, and it is a felony to perform one. This being a federal law, it supersedes any state laws that are in place (like Maryland's law).
Someone please correct me if I'm interpreting this incorrectly.
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You've interpreted it incorrectly because you read the words but didn't actually manage to register what they said. The pertinent points are actually in what you highlighted.
What was banned at the federal level was an abortive procedure
called "partial birth abortion". This is where, hence the name, the fetus is partially delivered before being surgically aborted. The law you quote is specifically about
that certain procedure for aborting a fetus past 12 weeks, not ALL abortion procedures past 12 weeks. There are several different abortion procedures (methods through which to abort a fetus) and "partial birth abortion" is only one of them.
The law you quote actually specifies one procedure and it
is not an outright ban on abortion, just certain procedures used to abort, past 12 weeks.
If that seems asinine to you, it should. What the hell difference should it make if you can abort using procedure x, but not y, z, or a? You're still bringing about the same result. *shrug* Oh well.
This was the beginning part of one of the bits you cherry-picked, but now includes the full language to support what I am telling you:
The only reason the supreme court ruled in its favor as being constitutional, was that (and this is from the article you linked), "
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The Court interpreted the ban to be limited to a single procedure, and based on that construction, found that a health exception was not constitutionally required. As a federal law, the ban applies nationwide, regardless of state law.
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So no. It's still not a felony and still not a murder.
Just an aside... why would you ask for our opinions on if it's murder or not, when if a person says "it's not", you try and prove them wrong? Did you really want our opinions, or did you just want to state yours?
Stating your own opinion is excellent, but a lot more discussion could come from this thread if we know your actual intentions here.
