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<\/center><\/p>\n(This cartoon will make no sense if you’re not familiar with the classic Monty Python sketch “The Spanish Inquisition.”<\/a>)<\/p>\n In The Nation<\/em>, Katha Pollitt<\/a> recently explained the deal with “partial-birth” abortion bans:<\/p>\n Going after “partial-birth abortion” is a brilliant tactic. The phrase doesn’t insult the pregnant woman the way “convenience abortion,” “abortion as birth control” and “abortion as murder” do, implying that women get pregnant out of laziness and kill on a whim; and a ban appears to affect only the kind of abortion a woman can have, not whether she gets to have one at all. But the smoke and mirrors of “partial-birth abortion” language may be used to limit many common abortion procedures.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/center><\/p>\n That gets to the heart of the issue – although if you want a more detailed (and, well, gross) description of exactly what this legislation banned, I went over it<\/a> several weeks ago.<\/p>\n .<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …And it would have been cartoon day, too, if I hadn’t been out of town. But here it is, a couple of days late… (This cartoon will make no sense if you’re not familiar with the classic Monty Python sketch … Continue reading