{"id":177683,"date":"2018-01-16T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=177683"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:16:00","slug":"10-photos-aftermath-late-term-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/10-photos-aftermath-late-term-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"These 10 photos show the reality of late-term abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, the House of Representatives voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy<\/a>. Similar legislation had previously passed the House in 2015, but was blocked in the Senate. Authored by Rep. Trent Franks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed with a 237 to 189 vote.\u00a0While the abortion lobby frequently fights late-term abortion<\/a> bans, most Americans support banning abortion after 20 weeks<\/a>. The United States is also one of only seven countries<\/a> that allows abortion after 20 weeks, making our position extreme compared to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Scientists have been able to determine that preborn children are not only capable of feeling pain<\/a>, but the pain may be even more excruciating, due to the development of neurological mechanisms while in the womb.\u00a0Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist, shows how brutal and violent these procedures are.<\/p>\n