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THE UNKNOWN D&E

THE UNKNOWN D&E. FACTS & FIGURES FOR LATE-TERM 2 ND -TRIMESTER D&E ABORTION IN AMERICA “THE DISMEMBERMENT METHOD”. Reference: www.savingtheviables.com. GESTATION SEGMENTS OF ABORTION.  First Trimester: 13 Weeks 1-13 weeks LMP  Second Trimester: 14 Weeks

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THE UNKNOWN D&E

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  1. THE UNKNOWN D&E • FACTS & FIGURES FOR LATE-TERM 2ND-TRIMESTER • D&E ABORTION IN AMERICA “THE DISMEMBERMENT METHOD” Reference: www.savingtheviables.com

  2. GESTATION SEGMENTS OF ABORTION  First Trimester: 13 Weeks 1-13 weeks LMP  Second Trimester: 14 Weeks a) Initial half = 7 weeks 14-20 weeks LMP b) Last half = 7 weeks 21-27 weeks LMP  Third Trimester: 13 Weeks 28-40 weeks LMP

  3. ANNUAL U.S. ABORTIONS BY GESTATION SEGMENT • First Trimester: 1-13 Weeks 1,144,000 • Second Trimester: 14-20 Weeksa) Initial half 135,350 21-27 Weeks b) Last half 20,000 • Third Trimester: 28-40 Weeks 650 TOTAL* 1,300,000 *Numbers rounded. Total is higher than GI est. since GI “totals” and subtotals by state are under-reported.

  4. WHY DIVIDE SECOND TRIMESTER? • a) Initial Half: 14-20 Weeks’ LMP No “Viability” • b) Last Half: 21-27 Weeks’ LMP Viability Segment Viability Rates (Actual) 21 Weeks <0.01% 22 Weeks 21% * 23 Weeks 37% * • 24 Weeks 56% • 25 Weeks 78% • 26 Weeks >98% • 27 Weeks 100% • *with mechanical ventilation @ NICU’s. • SOURCE (Nat’l Research Network Study funded by US NICH & HS, at 17 US university hospitals.)

  5. METHODS OF ABORTION AT 21-27 WEEKS’ SEGMENT D&X “Partial Birth” Abortion (Intact Dilation & Extraction) Banned by Federal Law 2003, upheld by Supreme Court 2007 *then-annual number c. 3,000/yr. D&E “Dismemberment” Abortion (Dilation & Evacuation) Called “Classical Method”, for destruction of maturely-formed infants. *current annual number (21-plus-weeks lmp) c. 20,000/yr.

  6. INFANT VIABILITY HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 1970s CHANGES in Terms of: •  “Legislative Understanding” •  “Medical Re-Evaluation” •  Actual Medical Studies’ Results * • UK 1960s Govt. Basis for UK Abortion Act re Viability 28 Weeks LMP • US Early 1970’s Legislative Basis/Roe v. Wade Third Trimester/28 Weeks • ____________________________________________________________________________ • BUT… MAJOR CHANGES have occurred in 35/40 years vis-à-vis Viability: • Current Factual Rates of Survivability (to 1 year and beyond) – • A few persons born @ 21 Weeks 6 days are alive and well • Extreme preterm infants born @ 22 Weeks – 21% surviving •  Those born in U.S. NICUs at 23 Weeks – 37% surviving •  Born at 24 Weeks – 56% surviving •  Born at 25 Weeks – 78% surviving •  Born at 26 Weeks - >98% surviving • *UK EPICure Nation-wide Studies, 1995 & 2006, percentages are lower at 22/23 wks: percentages shown above are U.S. Nat’l Research Network Study, NICHHS, 4500 births.

  7. CONFUSED STATEMENTS, CONFUSING POSITIONS • Some examples: • Rev. Thomas J. Enteneuer, President, Human Life International – “do not become absorbed in the quest for a political solution to abortion…do not waste any more energy on overturning Roe…let’s focus on more productive things…” 08/21/2009 • Wanda Franz, Ph.D., President, National Right To Life – “…your letter (re) late-term abortions…banning third-trimester abortions is, in practice, impossible to do.” 10/21/2009 • D. Johnson, NRL Legislative Director – “…opponents of the Bill (HR1122, 1997, to ban Partial Birth Abortion) have insisted on three different pseudo-medical terms; dilation & extraction, intact dilation & extraction, intact dilation & evacuation: …the term ‘intact dilation & evacuation’ should not be confused with ‘dilation & evacuation’ –D&E- a procedure used to perform 2nd-trimester abortions involving dismemberment of the baby while still in the uterus…HR1122 does not apply to this method –D&E- at all.” 6/19/1997 • Guttmacher Institute – Legal Considerations – “In Roe v, Wade, 1973, the (Supreme) Court ruled that after fetal viability the state has acquired a ‘compelling interest in potential life’ and could prohibit abortion altogether ‘except where it is necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother…viability was set as the ‘compelling’ point ‘because the fetus then presumably has the capacity for meaningful life outside the mother’s womb.” 01/1997 • U.S. Supreme Court, 1976 Ruling PP of Missouri v Danforth – “the time when viability is achieved may vary with each pregnancy…determination whether a fetus is viable is a matter for the judgment of the attending physician…it is not the function of the legislature or the courts to place viability at a specific point in the gestation period.” • R. Blumenthal, Attorney General’s Opinion – “we conclude that medically necessary abortions should be covered under Husky B…” (this opinion overruled the CT Dept. of Social Services’ intention ‘to adhere to the restrictions on abortion services coverage that are in federal law and will cover only those abortions that are necessary to saver the life of the mother). In other words, the CT AG ruled that all abortions including late term could be performed and covered under Husky B on the basis of being necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother. Opinion 11/16/1998

  8. MOST AMERICANS THINK (& MEDIA PRESENTS) . . . MYTH LATE-TERM ABORTION IS 3RD-TRIMESTER I.E. POST-27-WEEKS LMP GESTATION MYTH LATE-TERM ABORTION IS VERY RARE, DONE BY FEW DR’S I.E. LESS THAN 1,000 ABORTIONS A YEAR MYTH VIABILITY OF INFANTS IN WOMB IS 3RD-TRIMESTER OR CIRCA 28-WEEKS’ GESTATION MYTH PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT 2003 (D&X) CURTAILED OR REDUCED LATE-TERM- ABORTIONS FACT AMERICANS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT D&E “CLASSIC” LATE-TERM ABORTION IS, ITS PROCEDURE, OR FREQUENCY MISCONCEPTION: ABORTIONS CAN NOT BE REDUCED BY FEDERAL LAW OR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT • 1. WHY “THE UNKNOWN D&E? THE MYTHS

  9. DESPITE THE MEDIA, THE FACTS ARE . . . FACT MOST LATE-TERM ABORTIONS (D&E) ARE LATE-2ND-TRIMESTER (NOT 3RD) I.E. 21–27 WKS LMP FACT LATE-TERM ABORTIONS ARE PERFORMED IN NEARLY EVERY STATE, BY HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS FACT LATE-TERM 2ND-TRIMESTER ABORTIONS ARE MASSIVE IN NUMBER I.E. OVER 20,000 PER YR FACT VIABILITY OF PREMATURE-BIRTH INFANTS HAS HAPPENED AT 21 WEEKS, IS OVER 35% LIKELY AT 23 WEEKS, IS OVER 55% CERTAIN AT 24 WEEKS FACT D&X PBA BAN ACT 2003 DID NOT REDUCE ANY ABORTIONS IN AMERICA (LATE-TERM OR OTHERWISE) FACT D&E DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ALWAYS WAS 7-TIMES MORE PREVALENT THAN D&X PBA ABORTION; AND ITS PROCEDURE IS EVEN MORE CRUEL, PAINFUL AND PRIMITIVE THAN D&X CCCF ARGUMENT: LATE-TERM D&E CAN BE BANNED BY FEDERAL ACT ON EXACT SAME BASIS AS D&X WAS. 2. WHY “THE UNKNOWN D&E”? THE FACTS

  10. NEW VIABILITY BENCHMARK MUST BE 21/22 WEEKS LMP (not 24, 26 or 28 weeks LMP) PERCENT VIABLE (TO 2 YRS) 3rd Trimester 2nd Trimester WEEKS GESTATION LMP

  11. SCIENCE HAS OVERTAKEN ESTIMATES OF DOE & ROE (of nearly 40 years ago) 40 weeks LMP WEEKS GESTATION LMP History of “Viability” Determination 3rd Tri 27 weeks LMP 28 100 % 26 24 20 % 21/22 weeks LMP start of potential viability 22 2nd Tri 13 weeks LMP 1st Tri

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