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The Kansas Senate has approved a measure that would outlaw dilation and evacuation abortion procedures, usually done for second trimester abortions. In Kansas, this will affect about 8% of abortions. The bill redefines these abortions as “dismemberment” abortions.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 95<\/a> easily passed the Kansas Senate Friday with a vote of 31-9. The dismemberment section reads:<\/p>\n

“‘Dismemberment abortion’ means, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, knowingly dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush or grasp a portion of the unborn child\u2019s body in order to cut or rip it off.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While graphic, this language adequately described what the dilation and evacuation abortion does. The American Pregnancy Association <\/a>defines the dilation and evacuation abortion this way:<\/p>\n

“A numbing medication will be used on the cervix. A shot may be given before the procedure begins to ensure fetal demise has occurred. Then a cannula ( long tube) is inserted to begin removing tissue away from the lining. Then using a curette ( surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon), the lining is scraped to remove any residuals. If needed, forceps may be used to remove larger parts. The last step is usually a final suctioning to make sure the contents are completely removed.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Kansas, Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce told the Wichita Eagle<\/em>, <\/a>“It is unimaginable how such a procedure could be utilized by a medical practitioner.” However, not everyone sees this procedure as unimaginable. According to one Democrat, banning dismemberment abortion subjects a woman to “slavery.” Senator David Haley (D- Kansas City) said:<\/p>\n

“In my mind, it is the worst form of modern-day slavery to mandate to an adult woman what she can or cannot do with her own mind or her own body.”<\/p>\n

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Complete inhumanity<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n

Despite Haley’s attitude that killing a baby is better than a woman carrying it to term, the measure is likely to pass. The next stop for the bill is the Kansas House, also dominated by pro-lifers. Governor Sam Brownback, who has never vetoed a pro-life bill, has also promised he would sign this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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