Wednesday 12 June 2013

U.S. House to vote next week on 20-week abortion ban

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.  The bill, introduced by Rep. Trent Franks, (R-AZ), is called the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and is intended to ban abortions after the point when medical experts say developing babies can feel pain.
When Franks introduced the bill, it applied only to the District of Columbia.  But after the murder trial of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who is serving life in prison for killing babies born alive after botched abortions, the Congressman amended the bill to apply to every state in the nation.
Experts say unborn babies can feel excruciating pain during abortions by 20 weeks, and possibly even significantly earlier.
“The trial of Kermit Gosnell exposed late abortions for what they really are: relocated infanticide,” Franks said in a recent statement. “I pray we use this as a ‘teachable moment,’ in the words of President Obama, and can agree that, at the very least, we are better than dismembering babies who can feel every excruciating moment.”
Last month, Dr. Maureen Condic, associate professor of neurobiology and adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, testified before Congress that an unborn baby is capable of reacting to pain as early as 8-10 weeks.
“The neural circuitry underlying the most basic response to pain is in place by eight weeks,” she testified. “This is the earliest point at which a fetus can feel pain in any capacity.”
Former abortionist Anthony Levatino also testified on behalf of the bill, giving an insider’s view of what really happens during a late-term abortion. 

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