{"id":63641,"date":"2015-05-11T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=63641"},"modified":"2015-08-25T15:57:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:57:02","slug":"breaking-house-will-vote-to-ban-abortions-in-the-u-s-after-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/breaking-house-will-vote-to-ban-abortions-in-the-u-s-after-five-months\/","title":{"rendered":"House will vote to ban abortions in the U.S. after five months"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. House is poised\u00a0to vote on a 20-week abortion ban\u00a0on the two-year anniversary of\u00a0the conviction of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell, who brutally killed babies born alive\u00a0as a result of botched abortions, ran a filthy facility dubbed the “House of Horrors.” During trial, witnesses said Gosnell callously joked about the children he butchered outside of the womb, snipping\u00a0the\u00a0necks of some with scissors and\u00a0storing\u00a0the bodies\u00a0of others.<\/p>\n

The vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act comes five months after a GOP debacle\u00a0sabotaged a vote\u00a0on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade<\/em> in January. The National Review reports that\u00a0lawmakers have worked to reintroduce the bill\u00a0for a vote on the anniversary of Gosnell’s conviction:<\/p>\n

A core group of lawmakers \u2014 McMorris Rodgers, Representative Diane Black (R., Tenn.), Representative Trent Franks (R., Ariz.), Representative Vicky Hartzler (R., Mo.), Representative Joe Pitts (R., Penn.), and Representative Chris Smith (R., N.J.) \u2014 hammered out a compromise, in consultation with the activist groups. The new legislation modulates the reporting requirements by allowing a rape victim to seek a late-term abortion if she has sought medical treatment or counseling at least 48 hours before the procedure. . . .<\/p>\n

On the other side of the ledger, pro-life groups were satisfied by new language stipulating that late-term abortions must be conducted in the presence of a physician who can provide medical care to any baby born alive through a botched abortion. That measure is a direct response to the case of Kermit Gosnell, the late-term-abortion doctor who was convicted of murdering three babies who were born alive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bill’s co-sponsor, Tennessee Congressman Diane Black, praised the decision, calling the measure\u00a0an important piece of legislation that will save preborn lives.<\/p>\n

“I am pleased that we have devised a stronger, improved bill that will ultimately save more unborn lives,\u201d Black said. \u201cThis is a human rights issue. Science tells us that, after 20 weeks, babies can feel pain and are increasingly able<\/a> to live outside the womb.”<\/p>\n

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act\u00a0would effectively ban abortions nationwide after five months. The measure notes that there is\u00a0substantive scientific research that proves preborn children in the womb feel pain at least by 20 weeks gestation.<\/p>\n

In a testimony to the U.S. Congress, Dr. Maureen Condic noted that by 8 to 10 weeks, a preborn child is capable of reacting to painful sensory input. By 12 to 18 weeks, Condic said the child is capable of mature pain perception.<\/p>\n

“The debate over fetal pain is not whether pain is detected by a fetus at 20 weeks \u2014there is essentially universal agreement on this point in the scientific community,” Condic said.\u00a0“Rather, the debate concerns\u00a0how pain is experienced, whether the fetus has the same pain experience as a newborn or adult.”<\/p>\n