Missouri House and Senate Pass Ban on Late-Term Abortion

May 12, 2011 the Missouri House passed SB 65 and the Missouri Senate passed HB 213. The Ban on Late-term Abortion, HB 213 and SB 65, was sponsored by Rep. Tim Jones in the House and President Pro-Tem Sen. Robert Mayer in the Senate. These bills would prohibit abortion on unborn children after 20 weeks gestation, a point at which an unborn child is fully capable of feeling pain. The bills passed both the House and the Senate with bipartisan support.
“Missouri Right to Life applauds the Missouri House and Senate for their passage of HB 213 and SB 65. Medical technology continues to improve the ability of a child born prematurely to live outside the mother’s womb. This legislation bans abortions after 20 weeks, a time at which more and more children are beginning to survive outside the womb. With advances in medical technology, children born prematurely are viable at increasingly earlier stages of development,” said Pam Fichter, President of Missouri Right to Life.

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