House passes late-term abortion ban supported by vast majority of Americans
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The United States House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that bans abortion after 20 weeks. Sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), the measure passed strongly along party lines by a vote of 237-189. It includes exceptions for cases involving rape or incest, or if the pregnancy placed the mother’s life at risk.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has promised to introduce a companion bill in the Senate. However, it is unlikely to pass due to the filibuster rule that requires at least 60 votes to end debate on a bill. Since Democrats almost uniformly oppose any legislation restricting abortion, and Republicans only have 52 members in the Senate, reaching the threshold appears improbable.

Most scientifically progressive nations ban late-term abortions due to a growing scientific consensus that unborn babies can feel pain at 20 weeks. Currently, the United States is one of only seven nations that allows unrestricted late term abortions at any point after 20 weeks. Of those nations, only Canada, North Korea, and China have more lenient late-term abortion laws than the United States.

These aren’t particularly nations one would want to be associated with when it comes to any form of healthcare. Canada’s socialized healthcare system continues to yield subpar results, with some people waiting years to undergo much-needed basic operations. North Korea is a totalitarian regime that shows little respect for life whatsoever. China mandates strict population controls, with severe penalties imposed on those who violate them.

Despite lax laws, most Americans support a late term abortion ban. According to a poll conducted by inc./WomanTrend near the end of 2016, 63 percent of men and 65 percent of women support banning abortions late in a pregnancy. Millennials back such a measure by an even wider margin, with 78 percent favoring a late-term ban. Similarly, in July of 2017, Pew Research Center found that only 25 percent of likely voters believe that abortion should be “legal in all cases.”

The abortion lobby often cites studies that poll views on abortion as a whole, as opposed to concentrating on the more extreme parts of abortion, in order to claim that a majority of Americans support the practice. Such polls yield misleading results. When exceptions are made for extreme cases such as rape, incest, or risk to the mother’s life, support for abortion quickly dissolves. In fact, the support vanishes almost completely when the focus is placed solely on late-term abortion.

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