2. The reason the head is collapsed is not due to law, but because the head is the largest part of the fetus and the most difficult to birth. D&E doesn't dilate the cervix the full way (IIRC), and it's the method that causes the least amount of trauma to the woman-- and arguably the fetus as well. It's a pretty instantaneous death, if you want to word it that way.
3. They did indeed.
4. (US-centric) The method that IS legal is... well, it involves dismembering the fetus in utero so the pieces can be removed. Not only is this more dangerous for the woman, but it's possibly the most gruesome method of abortion imaginable. Basically the partial birth abortion ban made the most humane procedure illegal.
I've tried pointing out that PBA is done for the health of the mother or when something has gone horribly wrong-- it's usually when a baby is very much wanted and banning the procedure only makes a personal tragedy worse-- but it doesn't usually go over very well. Apparently going into full labor to birth a stillborn somehow isn't traumatic or something. So your tack, while logical, can backfire pretty badly.
3. They did indeed.
4. (US-centric) The method that IS legal is... well, it involves dismembering the fetus in utero so the pieces can be removed. Not only is this more dangerous for the woman, but it's possibly the most gruesome method of abortion imaginable. Basically the partial birth abortion ban made the most humane procedure illegal.
I've tried pointing out that PBA is done for the health of the mother or when something has gone horribly wrong-- it's usually when a baby is very much wanted and banning the procedure only makes a personal tragedy worse-- but it doesn't usually go over very well. Apparently going into full labor to birth a stillborn somehow isn't traumatic or something. So your tack, while logical, can backfire pretty badly.
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