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Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:

“Brianne and Kyle George of Georgia were expecting their first child in 2012. At 16 weeks, Brianne’s water broke. She was told there was no chance of her child's survival, and it was suggested that she abort. Devastated, she and Kyle went home to allow the process to happen naturally but, instead, something miraculous happened; their son was a fighter. Despite Brianne’s amniotic fluid levels reaching dangerously low levels, Grayson Thomas George was born a few weeks later weighing just over 3 pounds. If Brianne and Kyle had decided to abort, their healthy, now 5-year-old son would not be running and playing today.

“At twenty weeks, unborn babies are capable of feeling pain, they respond to stimuli, and they can live outside the womb. We have a responsibility to protect human life. Late term abortions are violent and gruesome. All Americans, including children, deserve their rights given by God: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our founders wrote that government is to secure these rights and, the House took a major step in protecting these rights for the most vulnerable among us, our children.”

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, HR 36:

· Restricts abortion 20 weeks after fertilization.

· Establishes criminal penalties for anyone who performs, or attempts to perform, late term abortions.

· Includes exemptions to save the life of the mother and in cases of rape or incest.

· Provides protections for and empowers women.

· Requires informed consent.