{"id":63720,"date":"2015-05-13T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=63720"},"modified":"2015-08-25T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:56:53","slug":"breaking-house-votes-to-ban-abortions-in-the-u-s-after-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/breaking-house-votes-to-ban-abortions-in-the-u-s-after-five-months\/","title":{"rendered":"House votes to ban abortions in the U.S. after five months"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the anniversary of the conviction of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the\u00a0U.S. House voted in favor of banning\u00a0abortions across the country after five months. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed the House on a 242 to 184 vote, and now heads to the Senate.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers wrangled with the measure, also known as H.R. 36, in January, which sabotaged\u00a0a highly anticipated vote on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade<\/em>; however, the measure was\u00a0reintroduced for another vote on the anniversary of Gosnell\u2019s conviction. The law would effectively ban abortions in the U.S. after 20 weeks\u2014 when children inside of the womb can feel pain.<\/p>\n

Gosnell, who shocked the world with the horrific and inhuman killings of infants in his Philadelphia “House of Horrors,” was convicted of first-degree murder for the deaths of three babies, and for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karnamaya Mongar. GOP lawmakers ushered in a vote to commemorate Gosnell’s conviction, calling for an end to late-term abortions in similar houses of horror across the country.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers addressed the ability for preborn children to experience pain in the womb, noting that the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act\u00a0is a crucial piece of legislation that would save preborn lives.<\/p>\n

Among lawmakers who defended the sanctity of life, Congressman Sean Duffy of Wisconsin presented an image of his premature daughter in a passionate\u00a0speech in favor of the bill.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve listened to the floor debate day after day… about how they fight for the forgotten, they fight for the defenseless, they fight for the voiceless. And they pound their chest and stomp their feet. You don\u2019t have anyone in our society that\u2019s more defenseless than these little babies.<\/p>\n

“Can\u2019t we come together and say we are going to stand with little babies that feel pain, that survive outside the womb? Ones that don\u2019t have lobbyists and money? Don\u2019t we stand with those little babies?<\/p>\n

“If you stand with the defenseless, with the voiceless, you have to stand with little babies. Don\u2019t talk to me about cruelty in our bill \u2014 when you look at little babies being dismembered, feeling excruciating pain, if we cant stand to defend these children, what do we stand for in this institution?”<\/p>\n