s the brain before completing the delivery. The process is usually used on encephalitic babies with enlarged heads whose delivery endangers the mother. Other delivery methods, such as Caesarian section, avoid both the immediate death of the baby and most danger to the mother (11). The procedure is rare; there were only three late term abortions in all of Washington in 1996 and none used the procedure described above (12).
The race on I-694 is currently too close to call, writes the Seattle Times (13), and there has been little campaign activity in recent weeks. In order to get the initiative on the ballot, it had to pass muster in the state's September 15 primary. Both the initiative backers and opponents exited that primary with little cash left in their campaign coffers. The No on I-694 campaign has run one 30 second television ad in the Seattle area, while the Committee to Stop Infanticide, the backers of the initiative, have run but a single radio ad (14). The lack of propaganda surrounding either side of the issue
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