Fetuses Feel Pain at 20 Weeks, and 4 Other Anti-Abortion Myths

Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

  The House of Representatives passed a law on Tuesday banning abortions after 20-weeks across the country, based on the scientifically dubious claim that a fetus can feel pain at that point. The federal "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" draws from a model bill  …

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