“Sometimes during the D & E procedure, a part of the fetus protrudes from, or is pulled through the cervical os before the fetus is fully removed. Although in the vast majority of cases, there is fetal demise before this occurs, from the disruption occasioned by the suction and/or forceps, there could be rare instances where the fetus is “living” within the meaning of the [partial birth] act- whatever that meaning is- when part of the fetus is within the uterus and part is outside….”
10 weeks
Phil Greenberg “To Life: A Collection of Editorials & Columns on Abortion, Life, and Choice” (Little Rock, Arkansas: The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 1999)51-54
