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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), along with Judiciary Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho),
“I am proud to once again introduce the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, this time as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Graham said.
At the age of 20 weeks post-fertilization, scientific evidence tells us an unborn child can feel pain. Anesthesia is administered directly to the unborn child in second-trimester fetal surgery.
This legislation protects unborn babies after 20 weeks or five months, more than halfway through the pregnancy.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would make it illegal for any person to perform, or attempt to perform, an abortion without first making a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child.
• The pregnancy is a result of rape and the woman has received medical treatment or counseling at least 48 hours prior to the abortion; or if she chooses to do so, has made a report to law enforcement; or
• the abortion may only proceed in a manner that provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive unless that would pose a greater risk of death or serious bodily injury to the pregnant woman; and
The Act makes clear that a woman who receives an illegal abortion in violation of this act may not be prosecuted.