Senate To Vote On Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - #theyfeelpain

Today In Washington, D.C. - Sept. 21, 2015:
The House is not in session today. They will reconvene at 4:00 PM on Sept 22, 2015.

The Senate will reconvene at 2 PM today and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

Tomorrow morning, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to H.R. 36 (i.e. whether to take up and debate the bill).

This week, the Senate will be voting on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 36, which would prohibit abortions after an unborn baby is 20 weeks old. Writing in the Cincinnati Enquirer today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explains why the Senate will be considering this legislation.

“In my travels I often hear about the many ways that Washington fails to stand up and fight for worthy causes. Among the most notable is the fight to protect innocent life. That's why last summer I said that a new Republican majority would prioritize legislation that aims to protect unborn children after 20 weeks in the womb, and that's why I will be proud to vote for it this coming week. . . .

“I believe the lives of the unborn are precious and deserve to be treated with dignity. Despite the strong passion on both sides of the issue, it seems obvious to me that if an unborn child has reached the point where he or she can feel pain, that child's life deserves protection. This is something we should all be able to agree on, and the fact is, most civilized countries already do.

“According to one study, America is one of only seven countries to allow elective abortion past 20 weeks. It's worth noting that one of those countries is North Korea.”

Even Politifact admits that this is “True.” Back in May, they wrote, “The Family Foundation says, 'The United States is one of only seven nations that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks post-fertilization.' Separate research by pro- and anti-abortion rights groups back up the claim. . . . We find the statement True.”

Leader McConnell continues, “The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would allow America to join the ranks of most other civilized nations in the world by protecting unborn children after 20 weeks in the womb. The House has already passed this sensible legislation.

“This legislation has been proposed in the U.S. Senate before, but it was never brought up for consideration when Senate Democrats were in the majority. Fortunately, due to the voice of the American people last November, the Senate is under new management.

“A new Republican Senate has already brought some much-needed change to Washington, and we will continue to do so by working to pass this bill this week. Senators in both parties will finally get a chance to say where they stand on defending an unborn baby from harm.

“This is a debate worth having in the Senate, and it's one that pro-life advocates in Kentucky and across the nation have been trying to have for the last six years, only to be shut out by a Democratic Senate that refused to stand up for the rights of the unborn.”

Unfortuantely, some Democrats will object to the Senate taking up this bill by claiming that it is “extreme” or “out of the mainstream.” Polling shows that is simply not true, though. A Quinnipiac poll published just after last November’s elections found that 60% of Americans support “legislation that would ban virtually all abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy.”

In 2013, The Washington Post wrote, “[O]f four major polls conducted in recent weeks on the 20-week abortion ban, each one shows women are actually more supportive of the law than men. . . . Taken as a whole, it's pretty clear that women are broadly supportive of the ban — and they support it in bigger numbers than men. It's also clear that overall support for abortion rights is not a good proxy for opposition to abortion restrictions. People who think abortion should be legal, in many cases, are quite open to new restrictions.”

The Post reporter concluded, “So what does it all mean? It means that, if and when Republicans in the Senate push for a vote on the 20-week abortion ban (which already passed in the House), they can credibly make the case that they are doing something that women support.”

As Leader McConnell writes, “As the Senate majority leader, I will continue to fight for innocent life, and under my leadership the Senate will finally take an important step toward that end by voting this week on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. These precious lives of unborn babies deserve our strongest efforts to protect them. That's the goal of this bill, and I'll be proud to vote for it.”

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