States Pass Eighty Pro-Life Laws - Mike McManus
States Pass Eighty Pro-Life Laws
By Mike McManus
April 12, 2012
On the last day of its legislative session, Georgia became the seventh state to enact a "fetal pain" law that will reduce by six weeks the time women can get an abortion. Last week Ohio became number eight.
It is based on controversial scientific evidence that a baby in the womb can experience pain by the 20th week of gestation, four months before its birth. Therefore, no abortion can be performed unless the baby is delivered alive. Exceptions are not made for rape or incest, though the Georgia law would allow an abortion for "medically futile" pregnancies if the fetus has congenital or chromosomal defects.
"We commend the Legislature," said Dan Becker, President of Georgia Right to Life. "This is one of the toughest pro-life laws in the nation. It will save roughly 1,500 lives a year."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Mike McManus
April 12, 2012
On the last day of its legislative session, Georgia became the seventh state to enact a "fetal pain" law that will reduce by six weeks the time women can get an abortion. Last week Ohio became number eight.
It is based on controversial scientific evidence that a baby in the womb can experience pain by the 20th week of gestation, four months before its birth. Therefore, no abortion can be performed unless the baby is delivered alive. Exceptions are not made for rape or incest, though the Georgia law would allow an abortion for "medically futile" pregnancies if the fetus has congenital or chromosomal defects.
"We commend the Legislature," said Dan Becker, President of Georgia Right to Life. "This is one of the toughest pro-life laws in the nation. It will save roughly 1,500 lives a year."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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