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Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act --  Bill # H.R. 6099The Pain of the Unborn ChildTelephone in support of the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act!Send e-mail urging your U.S. representative to support the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act   The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act will be up in the House of Representatives tomorrow!  An unborn child has less legal protection from pain than commercial livestock. Congress will vote tomorrow to give unborn children some protection from pain.  The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (H.R. 6099) would require abortion providers to inform women seeking abortions 20 weeks after fertilization that medical...

Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) re-introduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act today (H.R. 6099) with 65 cosponsors.  The bill will likely receive a floor vote sometime next week.  H.R. 6099 was introduced in both the 108th and the 109th Congress by Rep. Smith and by Senator Brownback (R-Kansas). The re-introduction of the bill includes some revisions, such as a removal of the provision allowing for mandatory revocation of medical licenses for abortion providers who violate the law.  However, financial penalties of up to $250,000 remain. H.R. 6099 would require abortion providers to notify women who want to have an abortion 20 weeks...