While the majority of even late-term abortion campaigners agree that life begins at birth at the latest, that magical moment when a tissue blob suddenly turns into a human being, there are also those who promote the mother’s right to kill her newborn child, especially after a failed abortion attempt. Not everybody phrases it as bluntly asAlberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, who employ the oxymoron “after-birth abortion,” but the euphemisms used by others leave no doubt about their position. Abortion clinics’ staff, such as inDr.Emily Women’s Health Center in the Bronx, refer to children who are born alive as “specimen” or, incorrectly, as “the pregnancy,” tell their clients they’ll be put in a toxic solution and give advice as to how to dispose of a live-born child at home. Planned Parenthood, according to their representativeAlisa LaPolt Snow, “believe[s] that, you know, any decision that’s made [about a child born alive] should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.” (Under public pressure, Planned Parenthood distanced itself from that statement.)  Read more... (2633 words, estimated 10:32 mins reading time)

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While the majority of even late-term abortion campaigners agree that life begins at birth at the latest, that magical moment when a tissue blob suddenly turns into a human being, there are also those who promote the mother\u2019s right to kill her newborn child, especially after a failed abortion attempt. Not everybody phrases it as bluntly asAlberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva<\/a>,\u00a0who employ the oxymoron \u201cafter-birth abortion,\u201d but the euphemisms used by others leave no doubt about their position. Abortion clinics\u2019 staff, such as inDr.Emily Women\u2019s Health Center in the Bronx<\/a>, refer to children who are born alive as \u201cspecimen\u201d or, incorrectly, as \u201cthe pregnancy,\u201d tell their clients they\u2019ll be put in a toxic solution and give advice as to how to dispose of a live-born child at home.\u00a0Planned Parenthood<\/a>, according to their representativeAlisa LaPolt Snow<\/a>, \u201cbelieve[s] that, you know, any decision that’s made [about a child born alive] should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.\u201d (Under public pressure, Planned Parenthood distanced itself from that statement.)  Read more...<\/a> (2633 words, estimated 10:32 mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n