If you support creating a class of human beings that can be murdered “legally,” based solely on the belief that they cannot feel pain, surely you would have no problem with a “law” that said it was okay to put a bullet through the heart of a paraplegic, right? Or one that said you could snuff out Grandma if you’ve given her enough morphine? I mean, after all, they won’t feel a thing!
That’s what I call this legislation: The “Don’t Worry, They Won’t Feel A Thing” laws.
The law bans abortion (with some exceptions) after 20 weeks, which is earlier than any law that has withstood judicial review. The “pain” thing is the gimmick used to convince courts that the state has a compelling state interest that outweighs “the woman’s right to privacy” that Harry Blackmun pulled out of his [donkey] in 1973.