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Just so you know, you haven't exactly given a correct definition of a partial-birth abortion. You've made it sound like it's something that's done during or immediately following natural labor. Instead, it's a procedure for deliberately induced abortions - the woman's cervix is dilated and the fetus is partially removed from the womb so that it can be terminated (hence the term "partial-birth"). It's a mid-to-late-term abortion technique, banned in cases where they aren't necessary to save the life of the mother in about 20 states. It's also the procedure for removing a dead late-term fetus that isn't miscarrying properly...there's a lot of vigorous debate on the issue of PBAs, which you can read all about.

I *despise* people who claim a faith, and then pick and choose whatever matches with their politics; spawn off a new sect, instead

New sects blow. I read about this one Jewish guy who believed he was the direct descendant of God. He got, like, a handful of these other guys to believe him and they started this weird cult. Even when the govment said, "Hell, No!" and killed this guy, his crazy followers just kept going. In some ass-backwards parts of the planet, this sect continues to grow.

Not as fast as religious intolerance, though.

www.religioustolerance.org