West Virginia Democrats Kill Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

The leadership of the West Virginia House of Delegates failed to protect unborn babies from suffering excruciating pain during abortions here in the state of West Virginia.

They voted against an opportunity to act on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the House chamber on Tuesday, February 11.

westvirginia3bMinority Leader Tim Armstead (R-Kanawha) made the motion to Discharge the Committee and bring the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to the floor of the House. The vote to Discharge the Committee failed 48 to 48. The vote was along party lines with the Republicans voting for the bill and two Democrats crossing over to vote for it: Delegates Jeff Eldridge (D-Lincoln) and Ricky Moye (D-Raleigh).

The vote occurred while the galleries were packed full of hundreds of members of West Virginians for Life, who were there for their Annual Pro-Life Rally and Day at the Legislature.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would protect unborn children from abortion after 20 weeks, based on scientific evidence that the baby can experience great pain by that point.

“Sadly, we have not acted here in West Virginia to protect our babies from the pain of abortion,” said Wanda Franz, President of WVFL.

The bill has passed in ten states and in the U.S. House of Representatives. All three members of the West Virginia delegation voted in favor of it.

John Carey, Legislative Coordinator for WVFL, said, “It is a shame that not one other Democrat was willing to vote to save the lives of babies, who continue to suffer here in West Virginia.”

West Virginians for Life, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, is the state’s largest pro-life group with more than 35 local chapters. West Virginians for Life works through legislation, education and political action to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia.

Yes, it is accurate to call Democrats baby killers. Well, in this case 96% of them.

Week Twenty: The halfway point

Congratulations!
You are halfway through your pregnancy, 20 weeks marks the midpoint. Remember, pregnancy is counted as 40 weeks from the beginning of your last period if you go full term.

You are 20 weeks pregnant. (fetal age 18 weeks)

Baby now weighes about 11 ounces and is roughly 7 inches long.
Baby is 17cm long crown to rump, and weighs about 310 grams.
The baby can hear and recognize the mother’s voice.
The mother will probably start feeling the first fetal movements.
The toenails and fingernails are growing.
The growth of hair on the rest of the body has started.
The skin is getting thicker.
The heart can now be heard with a stethoscope.

Your baby may react to loud sounds. Baby can actually hear noises outside of the womb. Familiar voices, music, and sounds that baby becomes accustomed to during their development stages often are calming after birth. This is an important time for sensory development since nerve cells serving each of the senses; taste, smell, hearing, sight, and touch are now developing into their specialized area of the brain.

20 weeks Your baby now weighs about 11 ounces and at roughly 7 inches long they are filling up more and more of the womb. Though still small and fragile, the baby is growing rapidly and could possibly survive if born at this stage.

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