Musket says:
It is a very emotive subject and always shall be. I used to regulate healthcare and our inspectorate once did a series of unannounced inspections on every registered termination of pregnancy clinic and hospital in England. I did half a dozen personally. What we found was a picture of high clinical standards and not inconsiderable support for the women who, through many backgrounds to their situation had found themselves in that place.

I went to a couple of abortion clinics in Sacramento to do security clearance investigations on former employees who had applied for high-level government jobs. But I was curious about abortion clinics and particularly Planned Parenthood, since they are so overwhelmingly condemned by the anti-abortion activists in my Catholic Church. I found the same thing in the US that Musket found in the UK - "high clinical standards and not inconsiderable support for the women." In my limited experience, I found US abortion doctors to be compassionate people who know what they're talking about, people who do not take abortion lightly.

So, frankly, I dismiss the phrase "unborn baby that is being ripped out of the womb" as propaganda from somebody who hasn't witnessed what he is talking about.

That sort of propaganda does not allow for reasonable discussion. There are valid points on both sides of the debate, but resorting to propaganda and emotionally-charged terminology simply leads to polarization and makes discussion impossible.

-Joe-