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Along these lines this is my most recent Letter to Editor which was printed in The Californian today: QUESTIONS RE PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION Just what is partial birth abortion?. Is it really a procedure employed when a woman while giving birth suddently decides she wants an abortion and the cruel doctor punctures the baby's skull or is it an attempt of anti-abortionists to undermine Roe v. Wade by misrepresenting the facts as they have done by successfully stalling and criminalizing therapeutic cloning in the Senate by confusing it with reproductive cloning? Therapeutic cloning involves the use of an unfertiilized egg and one's own DNA to do medical research which may hold hope of cures for people suffering from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, diabetes and spinal cord injuries I thought "partial birth abortion" referred to late term abortions performed if in the opinion of the doctor the mother's life was in danger or the fetus wasn't viable, e.g., it had no brain. Please correct me if I am wrong. I suffer from Parkinson's Disease and recently had DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) surgeries in an effort to stop my incessant bilateral tremors. I can attest that after having two holes drilled in my thick skull, while awake, and having electrodes placed in the subthalmus nucleus, although an unnerving experience, it was not painful, as the brain feels no pain. I am suspicious of the anti-abortionists actions re "partial birth abortions". Like opponents of stem cell research, they do not oppose in vitro clinics, where disposal of embryos is routine. Are they really medically and ethically qualified to make these decisions for someone else? Rayilyn Brown [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn