Bush: not the time to ban all abortions

From Reuters:

"Yes, I'll sign the ban on partial birth abortion," Bush said at a White House news conference. "And no, I don't think the culture has changed to the extent that the American people or the Congress would totally ban abortions."

Note that he's not saying they shouldn't be banned, just that it isn't the right time -- not that our supreme judicial masters would permit that.

And I love this passage:

Under the bill that has gone to Bush, a doctor could face up to two years in prison as well as civil lawsuits for performing a "partial birth" abortion, defined as intentionally killing a fetus as it is being delivered. The bill's sponsors say it entails sticking a sharp object into the base of the fetal skull.

No, Reuters newswire, the abortionists say that's what they do. Inserting "the bill's sponsors say" before the statement is a clever way to cast doubt on a fact without explicitly denying it. Nevertheless, the truth is that pro-lifers didn't invent partial-birth abortion.