Do the Right Thing
Friday, Bill Clinton vetoed a bill to outlaw the most barbaric "medical" procedure ever utilized outside Nazi Germany. The Senate must override him.
by Rod D. Martin
October 13, 1997
Astoundingly, Bill Clinton vetoed Friday a bill to outlaw the most barbaric "medical" procedure ever utilized outside Nazi Germany: partial birth abortion. This is the second time Clinton has so acted, assuring him the fact of a place in history, if not quite the place he wants.
Partial birth abortion is so truly ghastly that even most pro-choicers disavow it, and the generally pro-choice American Medical Association officially called for its abolition. It frankly takes a strong stomach just to write about it.
For those who are not familiar with the operation, a brief description is appropriate. After dilating the cervix for two days, the abortionist pulls the live fetus (Latin for "baby") feet-first out of the womb. Carefully leaving the head inside the mother -- because failure to do so would leave the doctor open to murder charges -- he then punctures the base of the skull with scissors, inserts a hollow tube into the wound, and sucks out the baby's br…