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A Pennsylvania Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit discriminatory abortions on unborn babies with Down syndrome.
The legislation, which received strong support in the state House in April, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in a 10-5 vote Wednesday, the AP reports.
Under current Pennsylvania law, a woman can have an abortion before 24 weeks of pregnancy for any reason except sex selection. State House Bill 2050 would expand that exception to include a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Four states have similar laws: Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and North Dakota.
Earlier this spring, Wolf’s spokesman had the audacity to claim there is no evidence of discrimination against unborn babies with Down syndrome.
Some of the biggest supporters of the legislation are people with Down syndrome and their families. Karen Gaffney, a long-distance swimmer with Down syndrome and disability rights advocate, spoke at a rally in March in the state Capitol about how every child with Down syndrome has a life worth living.
Lynne and Paul Conrad, of Pittsburgh, also want to see the legislation pass. One of their children, Chris, has Down syndrome.
Some put the rate as high as 90 percent in the United States, but it is difficult to determine the exact number because the U.S. government does not keep detailed statistics about abortion.
The legislation, which received strong support in the state House in April, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in a 10-5 vote Wednesday, the AP reports.
Under current Pennsylvania law, a woman can have an abortion before 24 weeks of pregnancy for any reason except sex selection. State House Bill 2050 would expand that exception to include a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Four states have similar laws: Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and North Dakota.
“The future has never been brighter for babies born with Down syndrome,” said state Rep. Judy Ward, one of the lead sponsors of the bill, previously. “We’ve learned too much to accept that Down syndrome citizens should be considered anything less than full members of the community. They deserve respect and the protection of our laws.”The bill appears likely to pass the state Senate. However, pro-abortion Gov. Tom Wolf, who once volunteered for the abortion chain Planned Parenthood, said he will veto the bill. Whether there will be enough votes to override his veto is uncertain.
Earlier this spring, Wolf’s spokesman had the audacity to claim there is no evidence of discrimination against unborn babies with Down syndrome.
“There is no evidence that this practice is even occurring, yet this is another example of Harrisburg Republicans exploiting vulnerable families and trying to undermine the doctor-patient relationship to score political points,” spokesman J.J. Abbott told CNHI.But pro-life and disability rights advocates said there is strong evidence that the law is very much needed.
Some of the biggest supporters of the legislation are people with Down syndrome and their families. Karen Gaffney, a long-distance swimmer with Down syndrome and disability rights advocate, spoke at a rally in March in the state Capitol about how every child with Down syndrome has a life worth living.
Lynne and Paul Conrad, of Pittsburgh, also want to see the legislation pass. One of their children, Chris, has Down syndrome.
“He’s a child. He’s one of my four children. Yes, he may have different abilities, but all my children have different abilities,” his mother told KDKA Pittsburgh.A recent CBS News report shocked the nation with its exposure of the discriminatory abortion trend. According to the report, nearly 100 percent of unborn babies who test positive for Down syndrome are aborted in Iceland. The rate in France was 77 percent in 2015, 90 percent in the United Kingdom and 67 percent in the United States between 1995 and 2011, according to CBS.
Some put the rate as high as 90 percent in the United States, but it is difficult to determine the exact number because the U.S. government does not keep detailed statistics about abortion.
The US Government should keep very detailed records on abortion and Euthanasia because then they would know they are killing the two groups of citizens who will help most in stopping this madness. ...and yes the unborn baby is a citizen as long as the parents are citizens or on their way to citizen status
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