Campaign Trail  Late-Term Abortion Saved These Women's Lives
Thursday, October 28, 2004  As the so-called Partial Birth
Abortion Ban Act enters the campaign-season debate, three women
who have had third-trimester abortions are fighting to preserve
access to a procedure that may have saved their lives.  Bookmark
and Share  Tammy Watts and her daughter Savvy
(WOMENSENEWS)--Tammy Watts sat and seethed.  Perched on the edge
of her couch in Queen Creek, Ariz., she could barely contain her
frustration as she watched the last two presidential debates.
When President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry discussed
the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, Watts clenched her fists.
When Bush used the term "partial-birth abortion" and called it a
"brutal practice," she buried her head in her hands.  Unlike
many American voters, Watts knows that "partial-birth abortion"
does not exist. Coined by anti-choice activists, this term
cannot be found in any medical dictionary. Its imprecision,
according to defenders of choice, c