On May 20, 2004, LifeNews posted an article by Steven
Ertelt titled: "New Bill Informs Women About Pain
Babies Feel During Abortions." Go to:
http://www.lifenews.com/nat522.html
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Excerpts:
"New legislation introduced in Congress will
focus on an aspect of abortion that normally
receives little attention -- the pain unborn
children feel during an abortion. The bill
would make certain that those performing
abortions inform women of the pain unborn
children experience during an abortion,
especially later in pregnancy.
"The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act would
specifically require abortion practitioners
to tell women having abortions after 20 weeks
that the unborn child feels pain.
"Under the bill, women should be given the
opportunity to allow her baby to have pain
control drugs administered prior to the
abortion.
"During the recent trials of lawsuits seeking
to overturn the federal ban on partial-birth
abortions, Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a pain spec-
ialist, told a California judge that unborn
children feel enormous pain during an abortion.
[...]
"'The physiological responses have been very
clearly studied," he said.
[...]
"An April Zogby poll shows that 77% of Americans
back 'laws requiring that women who are 20 weeks
or more along in their pregnancy be given infor-
mation about fetal pain before having an abortion.'
[...]
"Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Rep. Chris
Smith of New Jersey, two leading pro-life advo-
cates, are the bill's main sponsors.
"The Southern Baptist Convention and U.S. Confer-
ence of Catholic Bishops have joined NRLC and
FRC in endorsing the legislation.
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Papa Jack commented:
It will be interesting to see how the Culture of Death
responds to this proposed legislation. Will they:
* argue women shouldn't be told these facts?
* deny unborn children can feel pain?
* claim it's insulting to women who are capable
of making decisions without knowing the facts?
Whatever their approach, I have little doubt the
Pro-Aborts will find some "reasons" to oppose
this humane legislation.
Thanks for considering my point of view.
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