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A statement the White House released today indicates president Donald Trump would sign the pro-life bill banning late-term abortions after 20 weeks if Congress approves it and sends it to his desk.
The House of Representatives is voting today on the legislation that would ban abortions at a time that unborn children are capable of feeling intense pain. The bill would ensure that abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy are prohibited except for very rare circumstances where the life of the mother may be in danger.
Thousands of such late-term abortions take place every year in the United States. Congress has already approved many years ago a ban on a mid-late-term abortion procedure called partial birth abortions and this late term abortion ban would follow on that ban that was upheld at the Supreme Court.
The statement from the Trump Administration read as follows:
The House of Representatives is voting today on the legislation that would ban abortions at a time that unborn children are capable of feeling intense pain. The bill would ensure that abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy are prohibited except for very rare circumstances where the life of the mother may be in danger.
Thousands of such late-term abortions take place every year in the United States. Congress has already approved many years ago a ban on a mid-late-term abortion procedure called partial birth abortions and this late term abortion ban would follow on that ban that was upheld at the Supreme Court.
The statement from the Trump Administration read as follows:
“The bill, if enacted into law, would help to facilitate the culture of life to which our Nation aspires. Additionally, the bill would promote a science-based approach to unborn life, as recent advancements have revealed that the physical structures necessary to experience pain are developed within 20 weeks of fertilization."
"The United States is currently out of the mainstream in the family of nations, in which only 7 out of 198 nations allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. America’s children deserve the stronger protections that H.R. 36 would advance.”
“The Administration strongly supports H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and applauds the House of Representatives for continuing its efforts to secure critical pro-life protections,” it continues. “If H.R. 36 were presented to the President in its current form, his advisors would recommend that he sign the bill into law. ”Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannefelser previously confirmed President Trump would sign the abortion ban into law. Not only that, she added, but the bill boasts the support of the president.
“The other thing that is different this time is that the president of the United States, who I talked with last night at the White House about this, considers it a high priority,” she continued. “So this has become now a national conversation, not just a conversation that you have off on the sidelines.”Life News continues
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