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The Pain
of the Unborn Child
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To see an
always-current list of House co-sponsors of the bill,
arranged by state, click
here.
To see an always-current list of Senate co-sponsors,
click
here. Please urge your representative and your
senators to co-sponsor this legislation immediately, if
he or she has not already done so!
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To see medical illustrations of
a "dilation and evacuation" (D&E) abortion, a method often used
during the second trimester, click
here.
To view video of
the graphic 2012 congressional testimony of former
abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino, demonstrating how this
type of abortion is performed, click
here.
To read Dr. Levatino's printed testimony, click
here.
To see medically accurate
illustrations of the partial-birth abortion method, usually used
during the fifth and sixth months (and sometimes later), click
here.
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The
Scientific Evidence
Report of Dr. Kanwaljeet
S. Anand, expert on fetal pain, to U.S. federal court reviewing the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act --
January 15, 2004
Fetal Pain:
The Evidence. A factsheet from
www.doctorsonfetalpain.org
-- March 14, 2011
Testimony of
Colleen Malloy, M.D., neonatologist and professor of
pediatrics, Northwestern University, in support of the
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child
Protection Act (H.R. 3803) -- May 17, 2012
NRLC
Rebuttal to Advocacy Paper Published in JAMA on the Pain of Unborn Humans
-- August 25, 2005
To view or download a PDF copy of the rebuttal, click
here.
Memo from NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson to science and medicine
editors/reporters on "medical pseudo-science that endangers women and their
babies" (the anesthesia-kills-babies myth)
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January 2, 1996 |
154 House members vote for
abortion-until-birth in nation's capital --
July 31, 2012
To view or download a PDF
version of this press release, click
here.
NRLC scorecard letter to House on D.C.
abortion-until-birth policy --
July 31, 2012
To view or download a PDF version of this letter, click
here.
Federal Judge Upholds Pain-Based Abortion
Curb in Arizona, as U.S. House Votes Tuesday on D.C.
Abortion-Until-Birth Policy -- July 30, 2012
To view or download a PDF version of this document, click
here.
Order of U.S. District
Judge James A. Teilborg upholding Arizona law limiting abortion
after 20 weeks of pregnancy (18 weeks fetal age) based on
capacity of unborn child to feel pain -- July 30, 2012 (PDF
file)
NRLC Media Advisory:
House to Conduct Landmark
Vote on D.C. Late Abortion Ban!
-- July 27, 2012
To view or download a
PDF version of this advisory, click
here.
To view or download the version of H.R. 3803 approved by the
House Judiciary Committee, on which the full House of
Representatives will vote on July 31, 2012, click
here.
(PDF file)
NRLC Press Release:
U.S. House Judiciary Committee
votes to end D.C.'s abortion-until-birth policy, approves
20-week ban -- July 18, 2012
Media advisory:
New poll shows strong support
for Congress ending D.C.'s abortion-until-birth policy --
July 17, 2012
To view or download the advisory in PDF, click
here.
Poll result report
from The Polling Company, Inc./WomanTrend (poll conducted
July 12-15, 2012 -- 1000 American adults)
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ):
"The Revelation
of Legal Abortion Until Birth, for Any Reason, in Our Nation's
Capitol -- How Will We Respond?" -- June 28, 2012 (PDF file)
Associated Press:
Abortion legal "for
any reason" in the District of Columbia, both before and after
"viability" -- May 23, 2012
(PDF file)
NRLC update on May 17,
2012 U.S. House subcommittee hearing on the D.C. Pain-Capable
Unborn Child Protection Act, with links to video of testimony
Testimony of
Colleen Malloy, M.D., neonatologist and professor of
pediatrics, Northwestern University, in support of the
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child
Protection Act (H.R. 3803) -- May 17, 2012
Testimony
of Anthony Levatino, M.D., J.D.,
obstetrician-gynecologist, former abortion provider, in
support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn
Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803) -- May 17, 2012
Testimony of
Byron Calhoun, M.D., professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, West Virginia University-Charleston, in
support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn
Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803) -- May 17, 2012
Testimony of Christy Zink, private witness, in
opposition to the District of Columbia Pain-Capable
Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803) -- May 17,
2012
NRLC Media Advisory: U.S. House panel to examine policy
of legal abortion until birth in nation's capital --
May 17, 2012
Updated NRLC letter to U.S. House members, urging
co-sponsorship of H.R. 3803 -- May 14, 2012
To view or download a pdf version of this letter, click
here
Georgia governor
signs Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into law
-- May 1, 2012
Pro-abortion leaders
alarmed by the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn
Child Protection Act -- February 22, 2012
NRLC urges
U.S. senators to support S. 2103, the District of
Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act --
February 14, 2012
To view or download a pdf version of this letter, click
here.
Statement by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson
on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act --
January 23, 2012
Text of
H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn
Child Protection Act -- January 23, 2012 (PDF file)
NRLC letter to
U.S. House of Representatives, urging cosponsorship of
the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child
Protection Act -- January 19, 2012
To view or download the letter in PDF format, click
here.
Alabama Becomes Fifth State to
Protect Pain-Capable Unborn Children
-- June 16, 2011
Oklahoma Becomes Fourth State to Protect Pain-Capable
Unborn Children from Abortion -- April 20,
2011
Idaho
Becomes Third State to Protect Pain-Capable Unborn
Children -- April 14, 2011
Kansas Governor Brownback Signs Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
-- April 12, 2011
Nebraska legislature passes NRLC-backed
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act -- April 13,
2010
Fetal Pain:
The Evidence. A factsheet from
www.doctorsonfetalpain.org
-- March 14, 2011
NRLC
Rebuttal to Advocacy Paper Published in JAMA on the Pain of Unborn Humans
-- August 25, 2005
To view or download a PDF copy of the rebuttal, click
here.
Report of Dr. Kanwaljeet
S. Anand, expert on fetal pain, to U.S. federal court reviewing the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act --
January 15, 2004
"Partial-Birth
Abortion on Trial,"
by Cathy Cleaver Ruse. This article, which appeared in
the Spring 2005 issue of Human Life Review, contains extensive excerpts from
sworn testimony by abortionists, and by medical experts, regard late
abortion methods and the pain that they cause to unborn children.
Memo from NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson to science and medicine
editors/reporters on "medical pseudo-science that endangers women and their
babies" (the anesthesia-kills-babies myth)
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January 2, 1996
(PDF document -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
For pre-2010 NRLC documents on the
Pain of the Unborn, click here
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