Dr. Richard Hausknecht, a New York City gynecologist who used to perform late abortions but no longer does so describes the partial birth abortion method:
”You go in and fish out a foot and pull the fetus into a breech position. You turn it so that the backside is up, pull down on its hips and rotate. When you get to the shoulder blade, it’s easy to sweep the arms down. Then, most of the time you have to crush or fenestrate the skull so that it can come out.”
”This is not something I rely on, but I find it absolutely bizarre that Congress wants to ban it….In my view, it’s as if they were to forbid me to use a certain kind of suture.”
Deborah Sontag “Doctors Say It’s Just One Way” The New York Times, March 21, 1997
Here is a picture of a 22-24 week old baby, of the age when most abortions of this type were done.
Now most abortions at this age are done by D & E
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