Posted on 06/12/2015 8:27:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reintroduced legislation in the Senate Thursday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape and incest, a measure that passed the House of Representatives by a 242-184 vote last month.
At a Capitol Hill news conference, Graham promised that the bill, titled the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, would be debated and voted on this year.
"This legislation is groundbreaking yet simple at the same time. What I love most about this piece of legislation is how simple it is," Graham said. "Do you believe that at 20 weeks in the pregnancy, five months, when medical encyclopedias are encouraging young parents to sing to their child because they can begin to recognize the voice, that this is a stage in development where you should be very excited because your child is well on their way? Does the government have a legitimate and compelling interest to protect that baby? The answer, I believe, is yes."
Graham reasoned that since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, medical sciences have advanced enough to acknowledge that unborn children at 20 weeks of pregnancy are capable of feeling excruciating pain and that there is a reasonable governmental interest in protecting those unborn children.
"Roe v. Wade was about medical viability. Roe v. Wade acknowledges that there is a compelling state interest in protecting the unborn child," Graham argued. "The standard of medical practice in America is that if you operate on an unborn child at 20 weeks, which happens fairly often …, you have to provide anesthesia to the baby because they are capable of feeling extreme pain.
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Hey, Linda.
Does the government have a legitimate and compelling interest in protecting the citizens from fraudulenlty documented foreigners?
20 weeks is a long time to figure out that you have been raped.
He’s pandering now. Just trying to fool S.C. conservatives into voting for him instead of Cruz, Fiorina or Walker, thereby lowering the winning percentage for Jeb.
Scientists believe that mice in-utero can feel pain halfway through gestation so before any experimentation or removal, they are given anesthesia. (I have a close family member that’s a scientist).
Way to PANDER Lindsay-girl!
How long have you been in office?
Exactly. Grandstand, meet hot dog.
People in SC like their TN and MS cousins can’t figure out squat in U.S. Senate elections.
Just out of curiosity to those accusing Lindsey of pandering, would you feel better if he just pulled the bill?
Pandering or no pandering, is it a good thing what Graham has proposed?
I don’t understand why they always want to give exception to rape and incest. As you say.
And no, "Obama does unconstitutional things too" is not a reason.
If it were introduced in fifty separate state legislatures, hell yes.
I have a better chance of being president than Lindsey and I don’t qualify.
it’s worked for him in the past. no reason to think it won’t work now.
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