{"id":28078,"date":"2013-02-28T07:52:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T12:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=28078"},"modified":"2013-02-28T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:27:15","slug":"arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas House overrides governor\u2019s veto of 20 week abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Arkansas, the legislature is working towards protecting the unborn through the passage of a bill outlawing most abortions after the 20th\u00a0week of pregnancy.\u00a0 This \u201cPain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act\u201d is designed to prevent abortions after the time in the development of an unborn child when he or she can feel pain. According to the legislative findings in the bill<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After twenty (20) weeks after fertilization, the unborn child reacts to stimuli that would be recognized as painful if applied to an adult human, for example, by recoiling.<\/p>\n

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It is the purpose of the state to assert a compelling state interest in protecting the lives of unborn children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of felling pain\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe chose Tuesday to veto this law. He believes that this law<\/a> would go against the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Roe v. Wade<\/i>:<\/p>\n

Because it would impose a ban on a woman’s right to choose an elective, nontherapeutic abortion before viability, House Bill 1037, if it became law, would squarely contradict Supreme Court precedent\u2026. When I was sworn in as governor I took an oath to preserve, protect and defend both the Arkansas Constitution and the Constitution of the United States. I take that oath seriously.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The House, however, feels differently and on Wednesday voted<\/a> 53-28 to override the governor\u2019s veto. The Senate is expected to vote<\/a> Thursday and could override the veto with a simple majority of the votes.<\/p>\n

The Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee also voted<\/a> Wednesday to send a different bill to the full Senate – a bill that would ban most abortions after the 12th\u00a0week of pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because human dignity trumps politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":28105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nArkansas House overrides governor\u2019s veto of 20 week abortion ban - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arkansas House overrides governor\u2019s veto of 20 week abortion ban - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Because human dignity trumps politics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-28T12:52:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-02-28T21:27:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/arkansas-capitol.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"173\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heidi Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heidi Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heidi Miller\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/31ef29343a5c21e4507f76129f2497ae\"},\"headline\":\"Arkansas House overrides governor\u2019s veto of 20 week abortion ban\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-28T12:52:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-28T21:27:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-house-overrides-governors-veto-of-abortion-bill\/\",\"name\":\"Arkansas House overrides governor\u2019s veto of 20 week abortion ban - 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