{"id":165550,"date":"2017-05-08T10:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=165550"},"modified":"2017-05-08T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:30:40","slug":"live-actions-abortion-procedures-video-in-legislative-testimony-fetal-pain-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-actions-abortion-procedures-video-in-legislative-testimony-fetal-pain-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Action’s Abortion Procedures video used in legislative testimony on fetal pain bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this year, HR 547<\/a>, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, was introduced in the Maryland legislature. Maryland would become the 22nd state<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0pass a law to protect preborn children at 20 weeks<\/a>\u00a0from abortion.<\/p>\n

The Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee recently heard testimony on the bill<\/a>, sponsored by State Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti. Delegate Ciliberti explained that an abortionist would be required to calculate the age of the preborn child before performing or inducing an abortion.<\/p>\n

Karen Cross, Political Director for the National Right to Life Committee, testified in support of the bill, pointing out that preborn children can “certainly” feel pain by that gestational age, as all the structures necessary to experience that pain have developed. [New scientific research<\/a> indicates babies may feel pain in the first trimester, well before 20 weeks.] To emphasize the pain involved in abortion procedures, Cross referred to testimony from former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino, who took part in Live Action’s Abortion Procedures videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Levatino\u00a0has spoken about the\u00a0common<\/a>\u00a0but\u00a0brutal<\/a>\u00a0D&E<\/a> procedure<\/a>, which is the most common second trimester abortion procedure in the U.S. The video below describes what happens:<\/p>\n