President George W. Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act on November 5, 2003. He stated then, “The executive branch will vigorously defend this law against any who would try to overturn it in the courts.” As expected, rulings from three Federal courts immediately blocked enforcement of the new law.

National Abortion Federation got an injunction from a Federal judge in New York, Planned Parenthood got an injunction in San Francisco, and four abortionists got an injunction in Nebraska. Hearings on these cases are all scheduled to begin on March 29th, 2004.

The gruesome nature of partial birth abortion highlights the gruesome nature of any abortion. That is why abortion supporters are taking such an aggressive stand to defend the indefensible. They recognize that if the ban on partial birth abortion is allowed to stand, it will lead to regulations on other gruesome abortion procedures. And, when the truth be told, what abortion procedure is not gruesome? The only real difference is that with partial birth abortion, the gruesome action is visible while it is hidden in the womb for other abortion procedures.

As President George W. Bush observed before signing the bill, “America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right of life. And the most basic duty of government is to defend the life of the innocent. Every person, however frail or vulnerable, has a place and a purpose in this world. Every person has a special dignity. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government, because it does not come from government, it comes from the Creator of life.” Case closed! No branch of government has the authority to declare abortion legal because government has no power to deny the right to life.