H.R. 36 accords with modern science showing that children in the womb feel pain. In some cases, an unborn or premature baby’s reception of pain is even more extreme than that of an older baby. Stopping brutal and painful abortions from being carried out on more than 12,000 unborn children each year is a reasonable and urgently needed step.

When the House votes on this bill, it will begin the process of fulfilling the commitments of the Republican Party platform, many Members of Congress, and President Trump —to enact legislation protecting pain-capable unborn children.

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