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Line 18: − * [[Nebraska|Nebraska's]] [http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB1103.pdf ''Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act''] became law April 13, 2010. It bans all abortions past 20 weeks based on studies that babies assuredly feel pain at that point, corroborated by emerging protocols requiring surgeons who operate on late-term preborn babies provide them pain relief. <ref>[http://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=10024 Legislative History of Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act]</ref>+ + + +
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== U.S. Law & Fetal Pain ==
== U.S. Law & Fetal Pain ==
[[Congress]] first sought to pass laws to protect against fetal pain during the [[George W. Bush Administration]], but nothing became law at the national level. Instead, and more recently, these states have enacted bans: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79681.html#ixzz23WzAxMT3</ref>
Specifically, [[Nebraska|Nebraska's]] [http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB1103.pdf ''Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act''] became law April 13, 2010. It bans all abortions past 20 weeks based on studies that babies assuredly feel pain at that point, corroborated by emerging protocols requiring surgeons who operate on late-term preborn babies provide them pain relief. <ref>[http://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=10024 Legislative History of Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act]</ref>
== References ==
== References ==