Reply #23: Nebraska Passes Controversial Abortion Ban [View All]

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Source: ABC News

A Nebraska state law that will make abortions illegal after the 20th week of pregnancy has sparked speculation about whether the state ban -- the first of its kind in the United States -- might end up as the subject of the next Supreme Court abortion battle.


Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court building as arguments on Nebraska's partial birth abortion law are heard before the court. A law that makes abortions illegal after the 20th week of pregnancy was signed into law today in Nebraska. The primary goal of the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" is to stop late-term abortions, supporters say. The state law makes it a felony for a doctor to abort a fetus at more than 20 weeks.

Nebraska is the first state to ban abortions based on the controversial notion that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks. The state law, which will take effect Oct. 20, now has a post-viability ban on abortion but defines viability on a case-by-case basis.


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