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Florida’s House passed H.B. 1221<\/a> today by a vote of 77-44 and will now advance to the Florida Senate. The bill would\u00a0ban discriminatory abortions on babies diagnosed prenatally with certain disabilities. According to a previous report<\/a> from Live Action News, the bill\u00a0“states that physicians are prohibited from ‘performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, disability abortion.'”<\/p>\n

To benefit families dealing with the unknowns surrounding such a diagnosis, the state Department of Health would be required to publish education information regarding some of the more commonly diagnosed genetic conditions. Many families have expressed feeling overwhelmed at receiving a diagnosis, and some have explained that their health care providers pressured them to abort<\/a> their children<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As noted in Live Action News’ previous coverage, “disability” in the bill includes “any physical, mental, or intellectual disability, a physical disfigurement, dwarfism, albinism, missing limbs, physical or mental disease, scoliosis, or Down syndrome,” but conditions considered “lethal” are excluded. Unfortunately, “lethal” is a broad term and can even include conditions which shorten a life span but do not result in immediate death.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0\u2018Incompatible with Life\u2019 film reveals how parents are pressured to abort children with disabilities<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, according to media reports, the bill may not pass the Senate. MSN reports<\/a>, “The bill passed by the House, House Bill 1221, almost certainly won\u2019t become law this year. The measure\u2019s Senate companion, Senate Bill 1664, was never heard in a committee.”<\/p>\n

A press release from the Susan B. Anthony List notes that polling<\/a> has revealed “70% of Americans<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 including 56% of those who identify as pro-choice, 59% of Democrats, and 70% of Independents \u2013 oppose abortion based on the expectation that an unborn child may have Down syndrome.”<\/p>\n

SBA List’s State Policy Director Sue Liebel stated, \u201cFlorida is a strongly pro-life state, and its legislators are right to prioritize babies diagnosed with a disability, who are all too frequently targeted for lethal discrimination before they are given a chance at life outside the womb.”<\/p>\n

According to MSN, Republican State Rep. Tyler Sirois “argued the fascist 20th-century German party would have approved of ‘disability abortions,’ stating,\u00a0\u201cThe Nazis had a phrase for this. They called it \u2018life unworthy of life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Florida’s House passed H.B. 1221 today by a vote of 77-44 and will now advance to the Florida Senate. The bill would\u00a0ban discriminatory abortions on babies diagnosed prenatally with certain disabilities. 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