Late-Term Abortion Provider Gunned Down In Church

[Xiahou]

Some (many?) abortions are due to non-viable fetuses. Not everyone is using abortion as birth control. Consider this before you fire your next fusillade.

It's an irrelevant argument to me. I never had any doubt that the man provided some percentage of "abortions" to terminate a non-viable pregnancy. If that were all he performed, a lot of people would likely have viewed him more kindly. However, his practice also provided and advertised elective late-term abortions.

At Women's Health Care Services, we specialize in "late" abortion care. We are able to perform elective abortions to the time in the pregnancy when the fetus is viable. Viability is not a set point in time. Viability is determined by the attending physician and is based on sonogram results, physical examination and last menstrual period date (if known). Our telephone counselors will ask you a number of medical questions to determine if you are eligible for an elective abortion. If you have visited another clinic or physician, we will ask for the results from a recent ultrasound.

Kansas law allows for post-viability abortion procedures when continuing the pregnancy is detrimental to the pregnant woman's health. Each person's circumstances are reviewed on a case-by-base basis. Please call so that we can discuss admission criteria with you.

They're taking care to state Kansas law and then go on to explain the many loopholes for terminating viable pregnancies electively.

It was a disgusting practice. Trying to put a better face on it by saying that some of the abortions were non-viable doesn't change the fact that many were.