Partial-Birth Abortion And Its Affect On The American People

Partial-Birth Abortion and its Affect on the American People

We sat and watched our televisions and rejoiced as Jeffrey Dahmer was
sentenced to life in prison for the brutal killing of hundreds of men, women,
and children. Yet, right now, as you are reading this paper, another life has
been taken...a child's life. A child who, one day, could have been seen take
his or her first steps, opened the first Christmas present. One who later could
have went off to school and come home with news of his or her first new
girlfriend or boyfriend. A scholar, who could have fulfilled his or her dreams
by going to college to study in a chosen field, and one day, been deemed one of
the greatest in that particular field. The child who was just "murdered" could
have seen all of these events come to pass, but instead, the child's mother had
a partial-birth abortion and ended the infant's life forever. Partial-birth
abortion is a topic that has caused a massive controversy in the past few years.
In September, 1993, Brenda Pratt Shafer, a registered nurse with thirteen years
of experience, was assigned by her nursing agency to an abortion clinic. Since
Nurse Shafer considered herself to be "very pro-choice," she didn't think this
assignment would be a problem. She was wrong. This is what Nurse Shafer saw:

"I stood at the doctor's side and watched him perform a
partial-birth abortion on a woman who was six months
pregnant. The baby's heartbeat was clearly visi...

Partial-Birth Abortion And Its Affect On The American People

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