republicans, is this helping, or hurting your party

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by saden1

This former Navy "doctor" performed the procedure only in cases in which a) the mother's live was absolutely in danger and b) if the child had a severe or fatal birth defects. It's not like he performed late term abortion on a whim...by law if the mother health was in danger he had to get an independent doctor to sign off to perform the procedure. There are legitimate reasons to perform late term abortions.

I agree a) and b) can be reasons for a late term abortion and the decision should be left up to the woman and not dictated by government. But I'm not sure this guy wasn't strecthing the limitations to third trimester abortions under the Kansas law. Either way it's a very sad situation for the unborn and the family of Tiller.