Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
By a vote of 51-46, the U.S. Senate failed to garner enough votes to proceed with the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with all but three Democrats voting to allow the unborn to be aborted even after the point when they are capable of feeling the pain of the procedure.
It’s time to light up the switchboard on Capitol Hill after Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate will begin debate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protect Act on Monday, with a vote to follow sometime next week.
The hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans who converged on Washington today for the 45th annual march for life have a lot to celebrate as a new poll reveals that nearly a strong majority of Americans are now in favor of stricter limits on abortion.
Yesterday’s passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, coupled with President Donald Trump’s promise to sign the legislation into law if it makes it to his desk, means that it is now up to the U.S. Senate to put a stop to dismemberment abortions on all unborn babies who are capable of feeling pain.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to take a vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a law that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, on October 3.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA new and largely pro-life Congress is ready for battle with two lawmakers introducing a law that will ban abortion on babies 20 weeks or older to prevent fetal pain.
