Partial-Birth Abortion Legislation: An Important Pro-Life Educational Tool.

After so many years of hard work, having the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act go into effect is important in many ways.

Real lives may be saved, we have seen the first visible cracks in the legal facade built on Roe v. Wade, and our country has finally made a statement that certain barbaric acts are beyond the pale of civilized society.

Not to be overlooked, moreover, is the enormous long-term educational value of partial-birth abortion legislation. Thanks to the tireless efforts of pro-lifers, the public has a much better idea of what abortion is, what the status of the law is, and just how far out of the mainstream are those who support abortion."

Lesson 1: Abortion Takes the Developing Life of an Innocent Child

For years, the pro-life community has told the public that every abortion stops a beating heart, even at just three weeks after conception. We've told people how the unborn child's arms and legs, hands and feet begin to develop by the fifth and sixth weeks, how brain waves have been detected at 42 days after fertilization. We shared how that every organ system is in place by the 10th to 11th week and told everyone how that the baby at that age has eyelids, fingernails, and even fingerprints.

But when people saw the simple line drawings of the partial-birth abortion procedure, and had the medical community admit that they were scientifically accurate, no amount of pro-abortion euphemism, spin, or diversion could deny that abortion kills another human being.

Lesson 2: You Can't Necessarily Trust the Abortion Industry