{"id":633865,"date":"2021-08-11T15:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=633865"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:20:33","slug":"senate-blocks-sen-kennedys-amendment-intended-to-protect-unborn-babies-capable-of-feeling-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-blocks-sen-kennedys-amendment-intended-to-protect-unborn-babies-capable-of-feeling-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Blocks Sen. Kennedy\u2019s Amendment Intended To Protect Unborn Babies Capable Of Feeling Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-blocks-sen-kennedys-amendment-intended-to-protect-unborn-babies-capable-of-feeling-pain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=633865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-4972-e1628706613382.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"48.041780199818\">\n<p>The Senate blocked an amendment Tuesday that intended to penalize medical providers that perform abortions on fetuses capable of feeling pain.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy introduced the amendment on the Senate floor with hopes of adding it to the Senate Budget Resolution in order to protect fetuses capable of feeling pain by preventing doctors from performing abortions once a woman reaches <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/25\/republicans-who-voted-against-20-week-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 weeks<\/a> of gestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 20 weeks of gestation, medical science has determined that children in their mother\u2019s womb feel pain. To channel my good friend, the distinguished senator from Rhode Island, you can go to the appropriate professor at any of the universities in your state and they will tell you that is so,\u201d Kennedy said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis amendment will allow for penalties for those that perform elective abortions on unborn children that are at least 20 weeks into gestation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana senator said the amendment will not apply to women receiving abortions in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/16\/tulsi-gabbard-abortion-bill-ban-abortion-fetus-feel-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill That Would Ban Abortions Once Fetus Can Feel Pain)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Senate blocks Kennedy amendment to defend pain-capable babies in the womb\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aUB0fwjwQNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBabies can start feeling pain at 20 weeks in the womb. These unborn children can suffer horrifically as they struggle for their lives during an abortion,\u201d Kennedy\u2019s Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy.senate.gov\/public\/press-releases?ID=17813B9A-BB00-453E-8B64-D308F794D04B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> said. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly sad that Senate Democrats rejected the chance to protect innocent babies from such cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 2020 study conducted by two researchers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/jme.bmj.com\/content\/46\/1\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/a> determined that fetuses may begin to feel pain as early as 12 weeks of gestation. Many scientists have determined that fetal pain begins at 20 weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/s27589.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Science-of-Fetal-Pain-Fact-Sheet-Spring2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Charlotte Lozier Institute.<\/p>\n<p>During a procedure, it is a standard procedural practice for surgeons to give the unborn patient pain medication as early as 18 weeks, the Institute reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi banned abortions when a woman reaches her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/19\/mississippi-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15th week of pregnancy<\/a> in March, 2018, becoming the first state to ban the procedure earlier than 20 weeks. The Mississippi <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/22\/mississippi-roe-v-wade-abortion-supreme-court-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attorney General Lynn Fitch<\/a> called on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and uphold the current state law in July, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate blocked an amendment Tuesday that intended to penalize medical providers that perform abortions on fetuses capable of feeling pain. Republican Louisiana Sen. 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