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South Carolina Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban Into Law

Lana Adler May 28, 2016 Reproductive Rights

Earlier this week, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill banning abortions after 19 weeks, with the sole exception of pregnancies in which a woman’s life is physically at risk. The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed through the state’s Republican controlled legislature only after the ban was …

Utah Governor Signs Bill To Make State First To Require Fetal Anesthesia In Abortions At 20+ Weeks, Medical Community Alarmed

Rebecca Lawrence March 29, 2016 Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights

The measure hinges on the unsubstantiated notion that a fetus at 20 week's gestation feels pain, despite an exhaustive scientific review saying that's simply not the case.
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The Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert signed a bill Monday that makes Utah the first state to mandate that doctors must give fetal anesthesia to women while undergoing abortion procedures at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later. Whether or not a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks has been …