Partial Birth Abortion
Intact Dilation and Evacuation The partial-birth abortion procedure is used after 20 weeks (4 1/2 months) of pregnancy — often to six months, seven months, and even later. Critics have characterized Partial Birth Abortion as an unnecessarily brutal act that no one should tolerate. “You wouldn’t treat an animal this way,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., one of the House’s foremost abortion opponents, said during floor debate. Charles T. Canady, R-Fla., the bill’s chief sponsor, said the procedure … Continue reading →














