| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2019 |
CONTACTS: SBA List: Mallory Quigley, [email protected] 202-223-8073 Charlotte Lozier Institute: Katey Price, [email protected], 703-244-0801 |
Experts from Charlotte Lozier Institute Gave Testimony
Washington, D.C. – Today the Texas Senate Health & Human Services Committee held a hearing on the Preborn NonDiscrimination Act (PreNDA), S.B. 1033. PreNDA removes the exception for fetal anomaly in Texas’ Preborn Pain Act, which limits late-term abortion after five months of pregnancy, a point when science shows unborn children can feel pain. Additionally, PreNDA prohibits discriminatory abortions due to an unborn child’s race, sex, or disability and requires the provision of information about perinatal palliative care to mothers of children with potentially life-threatening prenatal diagnoses.
Expert witnesses from Susan B. Anthony List’s research arm Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) who gave testimony at the hearing included:
“In 2013 Texas lawmakers took an important step to limit late-term abortion after five months, more than halfway through pregnancy, when science shows unborn babies can feel excruciating pain,” said Higgins. “Now it’s time to close the deadly loophole that leaves unborn children with disabilities unprotected. The Preborn NonDiscrimination Act puts a stop to lethal discrimination while ensuring that families facing a prenatal diagnosis receive the information they deserve about compassionate, life-affirming options.”
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