Fetal pain timeline

I am sad and a little discouraged that lawmakers are so ready to ignore science and victimize women in their mad rush for acceptance from the religious fringe.

The New Scientist reports: "The report concludes that fetuses under 24 weeks must be pain-free, because at that age the wiring doesn't exist to send pain signals from nerves around the body to the cortex, the area of the brain where pain is experienced. At which later point such connections form is unknown, so analgesia should still be considered after 24 weeks, the RCOG says."

Gosnell is an example of pro-life policies

People are absolutely correct when they look at the tragedy committed by Gosnell as a problem with pro-life policies. The fact that there was no access to abortion for the poor, unfortunate women was what brought them to Gosnell's clinic in the first place. It wasn't like Gosnell was doing -- or even trying to do -- legal, healthy abortions in the first place.

The only way to have atrocities like that in this country is for the provider to break the law. The more strict the laws, the more likely you are to have these kinds of atrocities.

Sen. Ted Cruz Gets Gosnell Wrong: Pro-Life Policies Will Only Increase These Horrors