In the United States, today, one can terminate a pregnancy at just about any point of the pregnancy. This presents an interesting but sad statement about the respect for human life in our world today. A baby in the womb is only worth the opinion of the mother carrying the baby. If a baby is killed when a mother intended to keep it, you have a homicide. On the other side, if a child is killed when the mother didn't intend to keep it, it's legal abortion.
Partial birth abortion delivers the head of the baby so the 'doctor' can puncture the head and suck out the brains. This is acceptable. However, if the baby slips entirely out before this can happen, it might be considered murder if the doctor complete the task at this point. Why? What has changed? It was a warm, viable baby on it's way to delivery in the partial birth agenda. What changes when the whole baby is delivered given the initial mind set involved?
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