Not only did they bring this shit legislation back, they gave it the same number. So, my old images still work for it!
#NIXHR36
The science points toward fetuses not feeling pain, so a 20 week ban is utter bullshit.
Fetal Pain: A Review of the Evidence - An article from the Journal of the American Medical Association, which specifies at what point fetuses may feel pain and how pain still needs consciousness to be acknowledged. It also references fetal anesthesia.
The Emergence of Human Consciousness - An article from the US National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health. Discusses how the consciousness between fetus and newborn are different.
The Importance of Awareness for Understanding Fetal Pain - An article from Brain Research Reviews, which notes that - without awareness - fetuses cannot feel pain.
Fetuses Cannot Feel Pain Until 35 Weeks - An article from RH Reality Check that summarizes the following article: A Shift in Sensory Processing… (Or why fetuses cannot differentiate between touch and pain until 35 weeks.)
Summary of Scientific Evidence of Fetal Pain - This was presented to the Nebraska Legislature to dispute its fetal pain legislation.
Can Fetuses Feel Pain? & Do We Know Enough To Do The Right Thing? - Examining the role of pain inhibitors in-utero, consciousness and psychology when it comes to pain perception (or lack thereof) in a fetus. (Both of these articles are written by the same person.)
Further, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said people seeking reproductive health services can suffer tremendous and lasting suffering. On top of that, denying abortion - or adding obstacles to legal abortion - is a point of concern with the Human Rights Council, who deals with torture.
And I will point you toward this article - Mercy Abortions: What Dr. Tiller Did - while explaining: abortions at 20 weeks are not flippant decisions. If someone wants an abortion at 20 weeks, it’s because they couldn’t get one sooner (finances, an unsafe situation, lack of education, outright denial) or their pregnancy is taking a tragic turn. Regardless of why someone needs an abortion that far into their pregnancy: IT. IS. NECESSARY.
In short: HR36 is scientifically unfounded and, if implemented, it’d be cruel torture.