Editor’s note. The following is a Statement of Administrative Policy. H.R. 36 is sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks, R-AZ, and has 170 cosponsors. The Administration strongly supports H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and applauds the House of...
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House to vote on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act next Tuesday, Majority Leader McCarthy announces
By Dave Andrusko Shortly after a morning press conference held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at which NRLC Legislative Director Jennifer Popik spoke, McCarthy announced the House will vote on H.R. 36, the Pain- Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, on...
National Right to Life urges passage of bill to protect pain-capable unborn children
WASHINGTON – At a press conference led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), National Right to Life, the federation of state right-to-life organizations and over 3,000 local chapters, urged members of Congress to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child...
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to advance Pain-Capable Child Protection Act, but Democrats block consideration
WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. Senate today voted to advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), but on a near party-line vote, a minority blocked consideration of the bill. Fifty-four (54) senators (51 Republicans and three Democrats) voted...
Educating the public about the capacity of the unborn child to experience excruciating pain as she is aborted
H.R. 36 passes 242-184 By Dave Andrusko What a tremendous day for the Pro-Life Movement. While pro-abortionists and their legion of media supporters did (and will do) everything they can to minimize the significance of House passage of The Pain-Capable Unborn Child...
The setting for the vote on H.R. 36 made opposition even more indefensible
By Dave Andrusko Not that it could persuade the unpersuable, but a confluence of a number of events made the setting of The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act even more uncomfortable for opponents. Here are just a few. First, May 13 was the second...
Protect Pain-Capable Unborn Children from the Violence of Abortion
Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from the remarks today of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) in favor of H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. H.R. 36 passed the House today 242-184. Two years ago today, Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit...
As Promised, House Republican Leadership Schedules Floor Action on Bill to Save Lives of Thousands of Pain-Capable Babies Annually
WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives announced today that the House will consider, next week, legislation to extend legal protection to pain-capable unborn children nationwide. The legislation is H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn...