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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>
The legal strategy to limit abortions by prohibiting fetal pain after 20 weeks has had no effect on the overall increasing rate of abortion. "The Guttmacher Institute says only a small number — 1.5 percent — of abortions occur in the second half of pregnancy."<ref name="Politico">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79681.html#ixzz23WzAxMT3</ref>
[[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 name="Politico"/>
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>
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>