Who was Dr. James McMahon?
McMahon was an abortionist who had performed thousands of partial-birth abortions. Most of his reasons for executing abortions were the mother's choice. There were partial-birth abortions done for health reasons; however, the health reasons included cleft lip, Down syndrome, and cystic fibrosis in the baby, as well as depression, chicken pox, diabetes, and vomiting in the mother. McMahon personally viewed the fetus as a child after 20 weeks gestation. When he went through the partial-birth abortion procedure, he thought it was a shame the child could not be adopted. At the same time, he believed the mother 'owns' the child, and it is her choice whether to have the abortion or not (Bopp and Cook 10-12).
Who is Dr. Martin Haskell?
Haskell is an abortionist who has performed over 1000 partial-birth abortions and runs three abortion clinics. To him the procedure is fast outpatient surgery completed under anesthesia. 80 percent of the abortions Haskell does are for the mother's choice; the other 20 percent are done for unspecified health problems (Bopp and Cook 7-9).