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Partial Birth Abortion Analysis
The only role that government policy should play in doctors-patience decision is to make sure laws, like the one called “partial birth abortion ban” signed by President Bush, are written with appropriate exceptions and exclusions clauses in place. So women like Martha Mendoza and similar cases should never have to go through her horrifying experience.
Marta Mendoza’s story makes us reflect and recognize the problem regarding what is happening in this society. While I'll never be in favor of abortion or deliberately removing the life of another human being, I am in favor of that every woman should be offered the opportunity to choose what is best for her and have a choice to do so. I do not understand how in such advanced society and in a first

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