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Dear friends,

Please copy and forward this to everyone on your contact list. Partial birth abortion has never, ever, ever been necessary to save the life of the mother, and I've included the article below the petition information. Also, see the animated depiction of this gruesome murder of an infant who is able to live on its own outside the mother on my myspace. In short, a viable (able to live on its own outside the mother) infant is breech-birthed, feet first, and delivered to the point that only its head remains in the mother. The "doctor" then takes a sharp instrument, such as scissors or scalpel, and jams it into the back of the infants skull. This creates an opening in the baby's skull, through which the "doctor" inserts a tube, which sucks out the baby's brain.Howard Dean, Barack Obama, Rudy Guiliani, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Claire McCaskill, John Kerry, John Edwards, Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin, & Pat Leahy openly support this procedure. We must pray AND ACT on this. Human decency depends upon it.

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11/14/2006

Dear Pro Life Friends,

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate ofPartial-birth abortion!Given the present makeup of the Court, this truly couldbe a historic ruling should the court uphold the 2003ruling that bans the barbaric "partial-birth" abortionprocedure that involves the breech delivery of the fetus,followed by the collapsing of its skull to permit removal.++ Tell the Court To Stand For LifeThis is such an important moment, Grassfire wanted to giveour Pro-Life team members an opportunity to make a PERSONALAPPEAL to each of the nine Court Justices!Click here for more:http://www.grassfire.org/6021/offer.asp?rid=11765961Long before they announce their opinion, The Court willdecide this historic case. In fact, Grassfire anticipatesthe decision on this case will be made very soon!That is why it is imperative that our Pro-Life team takeimmediate action with us by scheduling your PersonalizedLetters to each of the nine Supreme Court Justices--urgingthem to uphold partial-birth abortion ban.

Using Grassfire's LetterFire technology, a simple clickof a button will schedule your PERSONALIZED letters toeach Court Justice. Click here to see what your LetterFirewill say, and to schedule your LetterFire letters:http://www.grassfire.org/6021/offer.asp?rid=11765961Pro Life citizens, if you prefer not to take advantage of the easeand convenience of Grassfire's LetterFire service, we haveconveniently posted the names, along with a sample lettercopy for you to customize and send yourself!Bottom line: Time is of the essence. Regardless of the methodyou use, this is a crucial opportunity to champion the voicesof the unborn leading to this historic ruling.To schedule your LetterFire letters right now, click here:http://www.grassfire.org/6021/offer.asp?rid=11765961Thanks for taking action with Grassfire!Grassfire.orgP.S: We anticipate the decision to be made long before theyannounce their opinion. Help Grassfire blanket the High Courtwith 15,000 letters demanding the partial-birth abortion banbe upheld. Please schedule your LetterFire letters today:http://www.grassfire.org/6021/offer.asp?rid=11765961

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The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.comBanned abortion not needed to protect mom, doctor saysPublished April 8, 2004LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A doctor who specializes in high-risk pregnancies testified yesterday that a type of abortion banned by a new federal law is never necessary to preserve the health of the mother. "There are better, safer options available," said Dr. Curtis Cook of Grand Rapids, Mich., testifying as a government witness in one of three trials across the country testing the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The law bars a procedure doctors call "intact dilation and extraction," or D&X; critics call it partial-birth abortion. During the procedure, generally performed in the second trimester, a fetus is partially removed from the womb, and its skull is punctured. Doctors who use the procedure have said it is sometimes the safest method of abortion when the mother's health is threatened.

Dr. Cook disputed those statements. "I know of no such condition ... that would warrant that situation," he said. In passing the law, Congress declared that "a partial-birth abortion is never necessary to preserve the health of a woman" and is "outside the standard of medical care." The law was signed last year by President Bush but has not been enforced because judges in Lincoln, New York and San Francisco agreed to hear evidence on whether it violates the Constitution. Dr. Cook said medical advances have made it possible to deliver a viable fetus as early as 23 weeks -- late in the second trimester -- through Caesarean section. A viable fetus is one that can survive outside of the womb. "Both [the mother and the child] are our patients," Dr. Cook said. "Our goal is to have an optimal outcome for both."

A total of 1.3 million abortions are performed in the United States each year, almost all in the first trimester. A more common second trimester procedure is called "dilation and evacuation," or D&E, in which a woman's cervix is dilated and the doctor removes the fetus with a combination of suction and pulling with forceps. About 140,000 D&Es take place in the United States annually, compared with an estimated 2,200 to 5,000 D&Xs. Abortion providers have argued that the ban is so vaguely worded that it also could prevent D&E abortions. The ban would be the first substantial limitation on abortion since the Supreme Court legalized it 31 years ago in the landmark case Roe v. Wade.

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