Author of partial-birth abortion ban ready to tackle Roe

Author of partial-birth abortion ban ready to tackle Roe

The author of the federal law banning partial-birth abortions says the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law is vindication for the many pro-lifers who have been fighting to get rid of the "barbaric and inhumane" procedure.

Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) says when he drafted the law, he was confident it would withstand constitutional scrutiny. Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the ban on partial-birth abortions, the Republican lawmaker hopes the next step in the abortion battle will be the overturning of Roe v. Wade -- the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion on demand in America.

"It's no less horrible to go through one of the other types of abortion procedures where literally limbs are twisted off," he shares. "It's not very far to go to considering what the other abortions also do to these unborn children .... I mean, it's just horrendous things that happen to unborn children in this country through abortion."

Chabot says he questions how the United States can be called a "civilized society" when it is allowing abortions to happen. He adds that he is hopeful the American people will now look at partial-birth abortion for "what it is," and agree that all abortion procedures are bad.