Posted on 03/08/2016 3:00:26 PM PST by Morgana
State legislators are moving to make South Dakota the ninth state to protect unborn babies from abortions when they begin to feel pain.
The South Dakota state House overwhelmingly approved a 20-week abortion ban on Monday in a 59-7 vote, according to the Associated Press. The bill would end abortions at the 20 week mark when unborn babies can feel pain, and it would penalize abortionists who violate the law with up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine, according to the report. The only exceptions would be in certain medical emergency cases, the report states.
“These are people just like you and me,” said state Rep. Isaac Latterell, House sponsor of the bill. He added that the bill recognizes “the humanity of unborn children.”
South Dakota has one abortion clinic left, a Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls that does abortions up to 14 weeks; however, the new bill would ensure that later abortions will not be done in the future in the state. More than 18,000 very late term abortions are performed every year on perfectly healthy unborn babies in America.
The amended bill moves to the state Senate for consideration, the report states. The bill seems likely to pass given that the state Senate approved a previous version of the bill earlier this year. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who is pro-life, has not indicated whether he will sign it if it reaches his desk, according to the report.
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The bill is modeled after the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which has become law in eight states: West Virginia, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Dakota and Texas.
A national poll by The Polling Company found that, after being informed that there is scientific evidence that unborn children are capable of feeling pain at least by 20 weeks, 64% would support a law banning abortion after 20 weeks, unless the mother’s life was in danger. Only 30% said they would oppose such a law.
Though abortion advocates deny the science of fetal pain, researchers have fully established fetal pain at 20 weeks or earlier. Dr. Steven Zielinski, an internal medicine physician from Oregon, is one of the leading researchers into it. He first published reports in the 1980s to validate research showing evidence for unborn pain.
He has testified before Congress that an unborn child could feel pain at “eight-and-a-half weeks and possibly earlier” and that a baby before birth “under the right circumstances, is capable of crying.”
He and his colleagues Dr. Vincent J. Collins and Thomas J. Marzen wrote, “The functioning neurological structures necessary to suffer pain are developed early in a child’s development in the womb.”
“Functioning neurological structures necessary for pain sensation are in place as early as 8 weeks, but certainly by 13 1/2 weeks of gestation. Sensory nerves, including nociceptors, reach the skin of the fetus before the 9th week of gestation. The first detectable brain activity occurs in the thalamus between the 8th and 10th weeks. The movement of electrical impulses through the neural fibers and spinal column takes place between 8 and 9 weeks gestation. By 13 1/2 weeks, the entire sensory nervous system functions as a whole in all parts of the body,” they continued.
Further research showed that hormone levels in unborn babies decrease when pain-relievers are supplied, LifeNews previously reported.
As a result of this research, a pro-life Utah state senator recently proposed legislation to require that unborn babies be given anesthesia prior to being killed in an abortion.
GOOD NEWS!!
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Good. Pro-lifers should focus on ending late term abortion, where they have overwhelming public support.
How long before some court comes along and strikes the ban down?
While that is good, that’s also nearly five months.
I don’t consider that to be acceptable at all.
Anything longer than that is now protected, so there is good news. Can’t deny that.
These are fetuses at 20 weeks. Folks should take a look. Find one that is at just 20 weeks, and accept on day earlier, these kids are still fair game.
At 20 weeks of development, the fetus can survive on it’s own, outside the womb. And therefore aborting it after that stage can only be called murder of an independent and innocent and viable living human life.
South Dakota House Passes Pro-Life Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks-----
GOOD NEWS!!
YEA! GOOD NEWS!! Shout it from the mountain tops a "pro life bill" Just approved abortions.
Who are the fools in that picture?
“As a result of this research, a pro-life Utah state senator recently proposed legislation to require that unborn babies be given anesthesia prior to being killed in an abortion.”
This is horrifying. Scientists doing cancer research routinely anesthetize mouse fetuses before extracting them for research. They want to spare unborn mice any pain.
"Oh good grief! Did I misinterrurpt what I just read here??? brb, let me reread!
Don’t count your chickens... our Republican governor just vetoed a bill that would have protected school kids from being subjected to trannys in their bathrooms.
lewislynn, would you please take a moment to put this lengthy and confusing article in layman's terms? The bottom line here please? I am just not following?? Are the actual facts here starring me right in face/ what am I missing here?
HERO? Helping Eerie Reprobates Ogle?
It’s a start.
I forgot. It was some kind of reference to queers. I could care less. lol
who decides when 20 weeks exactly is?
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