{"id":177663,"date":"2018-01-11T14:19:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T19:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=177663"},"modified":"2018-01-17T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T00:41:05","slug":"senate-vote-bill-ban-abortion-20-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/senate-vote-bill-ban-abortion-20-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Senate will vote to ban abortion after 20 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Senate will vote on a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation, a move backed by the majority of Americans<\/a>. The Pain Capable\u00a0Unborn Child Protection Act has already been approved in the House by a vote of 237-189.<\/p>\n

“Overwhelming majorities of Americans – some 60-64% according to pollsters – support legal protection for pain-capable unborn children,” said Congressman Chris Smith. “Today we know that unborn babies not only die but suffer excruciating pain during dismemberment abortion – a cruelty that rips arms and legs off of a helpless child.”<\/p>\n

Pro-abortion Democrats in the Senate are expected to filibuster the bill. This would mean that the bill would have to get 60 votes in order to pass. If it does pass, President Donald Trump has said he will sign it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino spoke before members of a Congressional committee urging them to support the bill. Levatino, who had performed over 1,200 abortions before having a change of heart and mind, describes the second-trimester dismemberment abortion in the video below:<\/p>\n

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