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HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVES LATE ABORTION BAN FOR NATION’S CAPITAL; NEW POLL SHOWS 58-27% NATIONAL SUPPORT FOR REPLACING CURRENT ABORTION-UNTIL-BIRTH POLICY IN D.C.

Posted By: Dan Kennedy, CEO - State Office
Date: 18 July 2012




WASHINGTON -- The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to end the current legal policy in the nation’s capital, where abortion is currently legal for any reason until the moment of birth.

The committee voted 18-14 to favorably report the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803), which would make abortion impermissible in the federal District after 22 weeks of pregnancy (22 weeks LMP, equivalent to 20 weeks fetal age), unless necessary to prevent the death of the mother. Keep reading...