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Doctors who abort a fetus after more than 20 weeks of gestation could be charged with a felony under legislation filed in the State Capitol.<\/p>\n

The legislation is based on studies that show the fetus can experience pain at 20 weeks, but opponents call it one more veiled attempt at making all abortions illegal.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The legislation would end almost all abortions at 20 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Sponsor Dennis Baxley said that\u2019s when a fetus feels pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what the evidence has shown in the pain sensitiveness of unborn children. And it\u2019s perfectly clear that they’re under attack and resisting the attack of the abortionist,\u201d said Baxley.<\/p>\n<p>Under the legislation, doctors who violate the law could face a felony and five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The mother could not be charged under the bill.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65583 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00013-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00013-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00013-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00013.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00022\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00022-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00022-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00022.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00012\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00012-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00012-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00012-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00012.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The only exception to the 20 week ban is the physical health of the mother.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t include her mental health, or fears of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dPoliticians are not medical experts,\u201d said Dian Alarcon with the Latina Institute.<\/p>\n<p>In a Planned Parenthood video conference, mothers who have had abortions called the legislation wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an abortion. This is what it looked like for me. It\u2019s not always right or wrong, black or white,\u201d said Dana Pierce.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-65583 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00017\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00017-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00017-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00017.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00016\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00016-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00016-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00016-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00016.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00014\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00014-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00014-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00014-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00014.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Activist Charo Valero said mothers already face big problems getting abortions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncluding not knowing about it. Not having access to services, not being able to travel,\u201d said Valero.<\/p>\n<p>The mothers said after a year of COVID, lawmakers should have better things to do.<\/p>\n<p>Baxley disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think its always time to go back and look at your core values, and do you believe you vale children? Do you value life?\u201d said Baxley.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-65583 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00010\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00010-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00010-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00010-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00010.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00011\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00011-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00011-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00011-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00011.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/still0208_00018\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00018-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00018-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00018-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still0208_00018.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Of the 72,000 abortions reported by the state last year, only about 6,500 were in the second trimester.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents believe the legislation violates the second trimester, or 24 weeks, allowed under Roe v. 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