Columnist: ‘There is absolutely no need’ to try to resuscitate babies born alive after abortion

BEN JOHNSON lifesitenews.com A prominent columnist has said a campaign to have abortionists attempt to save the lives of babies born alive during abortions is the work of a “lunatic fringe” MP. Geoff Shaw, an Independent MP in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, proposed a ban on infanticide and sex-selective abortions throughout the state of Victoria. The measure angered columnist Susie O'Brien of the Herald-Sun, located in Victoria's capital city of Melbourne. “There is absolutely no need for 'pain relief for fetuses' and resuscitation attempts for fetuses which survive and there is no need for special provisions which protect against gender selection or partial births,” O'Brien wrote. “We must fight to protect abortion from these attacks,” she said in a column entitled, “Abortion Laws Must Not Be Changed.” to read more: lifesitenews.com