Minnesota Fetal Pain-Based Late Abortion Ban Introduced

Minnesota legislators today introduced a bill in the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives that would stop abortions after the point at which the unborn child can feel pain.

The measure would prohibit the killing of innocent unborn children at 20 weeks from conception based on the well-documented scientific evidence showing unborn children have an innate capacity to feel intense pain during an abortion.

“For far too long, Minnesota’s abortionists have been inflicting unconscionable suffering on unborn babies by killing them when they are already extraordinarily developed and pain-sensitive,” explained Scott Fischbach, executive director of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, in a statement to LifeNews.com. “It is illegal to treat animals in such a brutal way; this bill will finally protect unborn children at 20 weeks and older from the torturous pain of abortion.”

The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, S.F. 649 and H.F. 936, is authored by Sens. Gretchen Hoffman, a Republican from Vergas, Warren Limmer of Maple Grove, and Reps. Mary Liz Holberg, a Republican from Lakeville, House Majority Leader Matt Dean of Dellwood, and House Speaker Kurt Zellers of Maple Grove.

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