Sens. Rick Scott, Lindsey Graham re-introduce Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to Congress
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Posted at 4:51 PM, Jan 27, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-28 12:17:28-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Lindsey Graham and colleagues in reintroducing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on Wednesday. The Act would provide protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization.
âIn the United States, we believe in the sanctity of life and the value that each child brings into this world, said Scott. Although not yet born, these babies are capable of feeling pain, and we must work to protect their lives just the same. I hope all my colleagues join me in protecting life and pass this legislation quickly.â
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A group of Republican Senators introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act once again, a piece of legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation. Led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) the lawmakers deem the legislation “common sense” policy on abortion, citing an unborn child’s ability to feel pain at 20 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy.
Republicans in the upper chamber have tried numerous times to pass this legislation unsuccessfully, and the vast majority of the caucus has historically supported it. Reintroducing the measure in the opening days of the Biden administration, Graham said that the legislation would put the country on “the right side of history.”
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