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AL SJR60
Joint Resolution
Status
2/13/2018
Primary Sponsor
Bill Hightower
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AI Summary
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Disapproves U.S. Senator Doug Jones' vote against H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortions for unborn children capable of feeling pain beginning at 20 weeks fetal age.
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States that Jones had previously told Alabama voters he supports restricting late-term abortion procedures except in cases of medical necessity, contradicting his Senate vote against the bill.
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Notes that a majority of senators supported H.R. 36 and President Trump indicated he would sign it, but pro-abortion forces used procedural tactics to block the vote.
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Points out that the United States is one of only seven countries allowing abortions beyond 20 weeks, alongside North Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, and the Netherlands.
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Calls on Jones to cast future votes to protect innocent human life from conception until natural death.
Legislative Description
U.S. Senator Doug Jones, disapproving the vote of, on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Resolutions, Legislative
Last Action
Introduced and referred to the Senate committee on Rules
2/13/2018