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Partial Birth Abortion
I. Introduction
1. There has been much attention on Partial Birth Abortion
recently
A. Public awareness and focus on PBA has increased
1. Pro-life groups use the issue of PBA to bring
abortion back into the forefront. Use Example
2. Media coverage recently has focused on PBA.
Use Example
B. Politics
1. PBA has been the cause of much legislation (Description of Attempted Ban Bills)
2. Veto actions and reactions have been taken
because of PBA (Reactions to President
Clinton’s Veto)
2. With all the emphasis on partial birth abortion we
ought to know what PBA is. Unfortunately we don’t. (find poll) For example, did
you know that:
A. Abortion is legal up to the day of birth in all
states (Reference)
B. PBA is legal in 26 states with few regulations (State Laws)
C. The majority of PBA's are performed on babies
that can survive outside of the mothers womb (When PBA’s are done) (Viability of babies)
3. Summary
A. PBA has become an issue of importance
1. Shown in amount of legislation
2. Shown by the focus of media
B. The American public is not educated enough
C. It is time to get educated.
II. Body
1. What is PBA?
A. PBA was named partial birth abortion
because of method used (Description of method
with pictures)
B. Special method of abortion (Description of all methods of abortion)
1. Description of PBA (Full medical description with pictures)
a. Delivery (Description)
b. Abortion (Description)
c. Disposal (Description)
2. Description by an abortionist
a. Procedure (Reference)
b. Summary (Reference)
2. What is PBA used for?
A. There is a lot of
controversy on its use
1. Pro-Abortionists say its only for severe cases (reference)
2. Sources indicate that it is used much more
extensively (reference)
B. What is partial birth
abortion used for in reality?
1. For any reason in 27 states (reference)
2. 21 states allow PBA for only life and health reasons but
the court has put these laws on hold and pba is now legal in 48 states (reference)
3. PBA is the easiest method of late term abortion
a. Saline abortions often causes live births
(reference)
b. The baby is too big for suction (reference)
c. The baby's limbs are too strong to pull apart (reference)
d. The lack of
options make PBA the preferred choice (reference)
2. How often are PBA's
performed? Again there is much controversy on this subject
A. Pro-Abortion spokespeople
contradict each other with numbers
1. Numbers are quoted very low by pro-abortion
persons (references)
2. One doctors numbers are most of
quoted (reference)
3. Abortion provider changes
numbers to go higher (reference)
B. How many PBA's
are actually done? (references)
1. One doctor completed more than 2,000 in one
year. (references)
2. There are thousands of abortion
doctors.
3. There are many more than the estimated
hundreds. Mathamatically closer to 100's of thousands
E. Until better reporting is
required and regulated we will never know exactly
III. Summary
1. PBA is controversial
A. The number of
PBA's is controversial
B. What PBA's are used for is
controversial
C. The only area that is not
controversial is how PBA's are done
2. PBA is an important issue
3. We should be informed about such an
important issue
4. We need to take the time to become
informed so that we are able to make educated opinions on an issue that requires so much
thought and consideration.
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