Fetal pain bills sweep across US: Pro-aborts afraid to challenge

Apr.04, 2011
Jill Stanek

Leading up to last year’s passage in Nebraska of a law banning abortion after 20 gestational weeks because preborn babies feel pain by that age, pro-aborts claimed it was “flatly unconstitutional,” and they would challenge it in court.

But they didn’t.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act breaks new legal ground. It confronts prior US Supreme Court decisions that only at viability can laws be passed to stop abortion, and it also contains no health exception, also a prior SC mandate. the rest image

...I spoke this morning with National Right to Life’s State Legislative Director, attorney Mary Balch, the architect of the fetal pain law, who gave me a run-down of the action…

•Alabama: On the floor of the House; not yet presented in the Senate
•Idaho: Passed the Senate; 3rd reading in the House today; Gov. Otter has said he will sign but time running out for this session
•Indiana: Thought was dead but resurrected 5 days ago; imperfect version passed House; will try to fix in the Senate but time running out for this session
•Iowa: Passed House; working the bill in the Senate
•Oklahoma: Passed the House; on the floor of the Senate – anticipating a vote any day; should become law
•Massachusetts: Has been introduced...