Hat tip to FDL.
Everyone's favorite Neanderthal Cannibals are at it again, pushing this crap.
Wapo :
the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act would seem to be anathema to abortion rights groups. It requires abortion providers to tell a woman . . . ."there is substantial evidence" that the fetus will feel pain
And NARAL HAS SOLD OUT AGAIN
Wapo again:
"Pro-choice Americans have always believed that women deserve access to all the information relevant to their reproductive health decisions. For some women, that includes information related to fetal anesthesia options," Nancy Keenan, NARAL's president, has said in a statement on the bill.
Not a fucking penny until Keenan is gone, and NARAL changes is by-laws.
BTW, the science proves that it’s a lie, and NARAL has given Dems the cover to do nothing.
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The Science:
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco reviewed dozens of studies and medical reports and said the data indicate that fetuses likely are incapable of feeling pain until around the seventh month of pregnancy, when they are about 28 weeks old.
Based on the evidence, discussions of fetal pain for abortions performed before the end of the second trimester should not be mandatory, according to the study appearing in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
And the cover (Wapo again):
Democratic leaders cited NARAL's position when they decided against trying to influence the vote. Democratic leadership aides said yesterday that they are leery of Republicans charging that they are already out of touch with mainstream values, even before they assume power.
What is wrong with those morons at NARAL? Are they afraid that they won't get invited to the right parties, or is Ms. Keenan some sort of mole?
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BTW, this bill defines pregnancy from conception, which could have the effect compromising the right to many forms of birth control.