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This U.S. Senator Introduced a Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions Nationwide, Can it Pass?

Ben Johnson : Sep 20, 2016  LifeSitenews.com

The national mood may be turning against D&E abortions, which make up approximately 95 percent of abortions in the second trimester.

(Washington, DC)—[LifeSiteNews] Dismembering a child in the womb is not merely ghastly, it should be punished with potentially crippling financial damages and multiple years in prison, according to one of the nation's foremost pro-life leaders. (Photo via LifeSiteNews.com)

Earlier this month, Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, introduced a nationwide ban on dismemberment abortions (S. 3306).

The proposed law would make it illegal for an abortionist to "knowingly dismember a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush or grasp a portion of the unborn child's body in order to cut or rip it off."

  Any abortionist found guilty of performing the procedure, commonly known as dilation and evacuation, or dilation and extraction (D&E) abortion, would be subject to fines and up to two years in prison.

The mother, or her parents if she is a minor, could also file a lawsuit in civil court against the abortionist, opening the door to massive fiscal settlements.

Sen. Lankford said he felt compelled to introduce this bill in the U.S. Senate because, while many other issues compete for national attention, "we must also work for social justice for all Americans."

"We disagree on many issues as a nation, including the issue of abortion," he said. "However, because of technological advancements, we clearly know that pre-born children feel pain. Surely we can all agree that dismantling a child in the womb during a late-term abortion is inhumane and is not reflective of American..."

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