In October 2003, the United States Senate passed a bill that banned partial-birth abortion. A partial-birth abortion is performed in the second and third trimesters. The bill prohibited any physician from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion, unless it is necessary to save the mother's life that is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury. There are many people that oppose bans on safe abortion procedures. This billed was immediately challenged in court by the American …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…I do not judge them that choose to have one. Just as I believe that ethics is something that is instill in you as a child, I believe that whether to have an abortion is something each woman has to make and live with for the rest of her life. References Gardner, A. (2003), HealthDay. US Jude Bars Government From Enforcing Disputed Anti-Abortion Law. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on June 10, 2004. http://www.keepmedia.com