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Columbus, Ohio, Dec 14, 2016 \/ 10:01 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- On Tuesday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a bill banning abortions performed after five months of pregnancy in most cases, citing evidence that unborn babies can feel pain at this point.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he vetoed the \u201cheartbeat bill\u201d passed by the state\u2019s legislature, which would have outlawed abortions once a baby\u2019s heartbeat has been detected.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy signing S.B. 127, the 20-week ban, Governor Kasich will save hundreds of unborn lives each year and he positioned the state of Ohio to directly challenge Roe v. Wade,\u201d Mike Gonidakis, President of Ohio Right to Life, stated.<\/p>\n

The bill \u201cwas nationally designed to be the vehicle to end abortion in America,\u201d he added. \u201cIt challenges the current national abortion standard and properly moves the legal needle from viability to the baby\u2019s ability to feel pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Kasich signed the state\u2019s Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on Dec. 13, making Ohio the 18th state since 2010 to enact a ban on abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Exceptions would exist for cases of babies conceived through rape or incest, or where the life of the mother is deemed to be at stake.<\/p>\n

Although some pro-lifers, like the group Susan B. Anthony List, had also supported the heartbeat bill, Ohio Right to Life asked Kasich not to sign it because courts had overturned similar legislation in other states and the Supreme Court had not agreed to hear those cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegal scholars believe that asking the Court to entertain a third heartbeat law at this time would cause irreparable harm to the pro-life movement,\u201d Gonidakis said.<\/p>\n

Susan B. Anthony List has been working to have the Pain-Capable bill passed at the state and federal levels. President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would sign a 20-week abortion ban into law if it passed through Congress.<\/p>\n

Such legislation will \u201chumanize our law,\u201d Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the group, insisted. She said it was in accord \u201cwith public opinion, science, and basic human decency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The science shows that these unborn babies can feel pain and can even survive delivery at around 20 weeks after fertilization, the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of Susan B. Anthony List, says.<\/p>\n

\u201cFetal surgeons recognize unborn babies as patients,\u201d they stated in a 2015 fact-sheet. \u201cPerinatal medicine now treats unborn babies as young as 16 weeks post-fertilization (18 weeks gestation). Pain medication for unborn patients is routinely administered as standard medical practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

And \u201cthe leading textbook on clinical anesthesia\u201d notes that babies as young as 18 weeks gestation can have a physiochemical stress response to noxious stimuli,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

The U.S. House passed a Pain-Capable bill in 2015, but it failed to receive the 60 votes necessary to advance in the Senate.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also popular legislation, Dannenfelser has said. \u201cAmericans reject the status quo of abortion on-demand, especially painful late-term abortions,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

A poll published by Susan B. Anthony List that was conducted on Election Day showed 64 percent of registered voters who participated in the elections supported a ban on abortions after 20 weeks with exceptions for cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother was at stake.<\/p>\n

In 2013, a Washington Post\/ABC News poll found that 56 percent of respondents favored legal abortion \u201cwithout restriction\u201d up to 20 weeks and not 24 weeks. An NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll revealed later that year that more Americans supported a 20-week ban than opposed it.<\/p>\n

A Knights of Columbus\/Marist poll released earlier in 2016 showed 80 percent of respondents supporting limiting legal abortion to the first trimester of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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