Nebraska Bill to Ban Late-Term Abortions Based on Fetal Pain Passes First Vote

Nebraska Bill to Ban Late-Term Abortions Based on Fetal Pain Passes First Vote.

Nebraska is rapidly becoming the late term abortion capital, taking over this dubious distinction from Wichita Kansas, home of abortionist George Tiller, who was forcibly  caused to assume ambient  temperature last year.

The response from Nebraskans has been to introduce a bill, LB1103,  placing limits on late term abortions based upon fetal pain studies, setting a limit at 20 weeks.

Naturally the abortion advocates are up in arms.  American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (with past president Dr. Richard T.F. Schmidt dissenting) is stepping outside its medical specialty to declare that there is no evidence that humans feel pain at 20 weeks development in utero. Perhaps they’ll lose a few more members over this.

The specialists to consult would be neuroanatomists, pediatricians, perinatologists, neonatologists, embryologists, etc.

The  practice to give narcotics and benzodiazepines to premature babies weighing about a half kilo in the NICU is likely based upon something, don’t you think?

There have been hair splitting arguments assuming that consciousness of pain is required for humane treatment, with discussions of  the degree of needed connectivity between the hypothalamus and cerebrum for true awareness  to occur. This is notwithstanding the concept that consciousness begins at the level of the hypothalamus itself.

The animal rights activists are needing no such debates and standards  to request and obtain humane treatment for their creatures.