re: #9 Sergey Romanov

Thanks, Ice!

here— wikipedia is surprisingly good at summarising the legislative history and some of the controversy:
en.wikipedia.org

“Defending the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban… requires arguing to judges that pulling a fetus from a woman’s body in dismembered pieces is legal, medically acceptable, and safe; but that pulling a fetus out intact, so that if the woman wishes the fetus can be wrapped in a blanket and handed to her, is appropriately punishable by a fine, or up to two years’ imprisonment, or both.”

I used to have an excellent link telling the story of a woman who had this procedure— her fetus died in utero, and the procedure allowed her to hold the baby. Now that’s no longer legal, and this form of grieving is denied to women.