Arkansas Senate Votes To Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks

By Alan with comments February 18, 2013 21:57

The bill returns to the House, and Governor Mike Beebe hasn’t said if he’d sign it.

Seven U.S. states have laws that restrict or ban abortion after the 20-week mark and similar laws approved in Arizona and Georgia are facing legal challenges.

Late-term abortions remain relatively rare. Most of the recent state laws banning most abortions after 20 weeks are based on hotly debated medical research suggesting a fetus feels pain starting at 20 weeks of gestation.