Rep. Franks Issues Statement on Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., issued the following statement:

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The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection (H.R. 36) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, sending the legislation to the U.S. Senate for passage. Congressman Trent Franks, who introduced H.R. 36 in the House in January 2017, released the following statement reacting to the news of his bill's passage:

"I want to recognize and thank Leader Kevin McCarthy and others in House leadership for bringing H.R. 36 to the floor - as today's vote results reveal, America is a pro-life nation and voters have elected leaders to pass pro-life legislation in Congress. We are fulfilling our promise to the American people that voted us into a majority in the House, the Senate and the White House.

"The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is a bill that finds overwhelming support among all humane Americans. Very late term abortions are an extreme and barbaric practice. The U.S. is only one of 7 countries on Earth, including North Korea and China, which allow elective abortions after 20 weeks. For little human babies to feel the crushing agony of the abortionist's tools as they undergo 'dismemberment abortion' in the land of the free and the home of the brave is a disgrace that defies human expression. Subjecting innocent babies, from the beginning of their six month of pregnancy and later, to this kind of insidious torture does not reflect the true character of America.

"The primary and overarching purpose of American government is to protect the innocent among us. President Trump has signaled his strong support for this bill to protect thousands of innocent pain-capable, human babies from torturous and agonizing death. It now falls upon Mitch McConnell and the U.S Senate to pass it for his signature. To allow Democrat proponents of abortion-on-demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy to use the arcane 60-vote Senate filibuster to prevent this bill from getting a fair up-or-down vote would be an overt betrayal of innocent blood and the most fundamental failure of leadership."