As the public becomes more educated, support grows for a ban on a particular form of abortion that destroys life in a gruesome way.

The dilation and evacuation abortion actually involves the use of forceps and other instruments by the abortionist to dismember the baby, causing it to bleed to death.

Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri are considering bills to ban the procedure, and pro-lifer Mary Spaulding Balch believes it will spread to other state legislatures.

"These babies have a beating heart as early as 14 days and they have arms and legs," says Balch, a spokesperson for the National Right to Life Committee. "And, in fact, you can detect the brain waves of these babies very early on. These babies are developing at an incredible speed."

In debate, abortion supporters don't use "dismemberment" to describe it. It's referred to as "healthcare."

During the procedure, the babies feel excruciating pain.

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"Dismemberment abortion is the most common abortion in the later parts of pregnancy and it's legal in every state to kill the baby by dismemberment," Balch tells OneNewsNow.

Most Americans aren't aware of the procedure, she says, and most would be outraged to learn it's legal in their state.