{"id":266514,"date":"2022-04-21T06:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266514"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T21:14:04","slug":"new-hampshire-weaken-24-week-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-hampshire-weaken-24-week-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire governor looks to weaken state’s 24-week abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill into law banning abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Called the Fetal Life Protection Act<\/a>, the law took effect<\/a> on January 1 \u2014 and already, Sununu is looking to weaken the law.<\/p>\n

In a letter<\/a> sent to the New Hampshire State Judiciary Committee, Sununu gave his support for House Bill 1609<\/a>. The bill would allow exceptions after 24 weeks if the preborn child has fetal anomalies considered “incompatible with life,” and it loosens the ultrasound requirement. He also tried to signal his intentions as not being “extreme” on abortion.<\/p>\n

“Like most Granite Staters, I do not live in extremes on either side of the issue that is being considered today. I am pro-choice, and like most Granite Staters – and Americans – I support a limit on abortions performed in months 7, 8, and 9 of pregnancy,” he wrote, adding, “These measures are not extreme by any stretch of the imagination. Rather, the proposed provisions are consistent with many other states around the nation. We must ensure that access to these medical services remain safe and accessible in the Granite State during what is a rare but extremely difficult and stressful time for a woman in her family.”<\/p>\n

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As Sununu argued, a woman whose child is deemed “incompatible with life” should be permitted to have a violent abortion late in pregnancy. Yet this is a vague phrase that can be left up to one’s interpretation. People with Down syndrome have previously been described as “incompatible with life;” now, that description now is often used to refer to other children with disabilities, like Trisomy 18<\/a>, who would survive more often if doctors simply gave them a chance. They simply need medical care<\/a>\u00a0instead of being abandoned to die.<\/p>\n