There is no scientific basis for the proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Rather,it is a bare attempt to challenge Roe v Wade and end all abortions On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives passed a ban that would criminalize all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and with punishment that would include fines and up to five years in prison.
The Majority leader,Kevin McCarthy, said that the goal of the bill was “ending suffering and helping people live”, and an ironic sentiment just three days after Republicans let a health program expire that could leave millions of children without insurance and two days after a massacre in Las Vegas that the GOP insists has nothing to enact with the shocking availability of guns.
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Source: guardian.co.uk