“The vote by the Senate rejects scientific fact and puts the United States out of the mainstream in the family of nations, in which only seven out of 198 nations, including China and North Korea, allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy,” Trump said in a statement. “Under my administration, we will always defend the very first right in the Declaration of Independence, and that is the right to life,” he said. Full Article
We’re one of only seven nations on the whole planet to allow abortion on demand after five months.
Senate failed to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortions after 20 weeks. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, called the vote “appalling” in a statement released late Jan. 29. Full Article
In supporting the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, we must not let the act’s opponents avoid the fundamental issue: Are we talking about a human being? In other words, is the bill good simply because we shouldn’t inflict pain on an unborn child, or is it good because we are talking about the death of an unborn child, whether he or she feels pain or not? Full Article
