The Bill is just one more attempt to chip away at the right to have an abortion (would be illegal after 20 weeks, except, of course, in the usual "except in the case of rape, incest, health of the mother," etc). If the Bill makes into law, which I doubt, they'll have the precedent, and then people will try like crazy to make the convincing argument that a fetus feels pain 3 days after conception, and there ya go.
There are also some problems with the provisions of the bill. One is, if an abortion is performed under one of the exceptions, the pregnancy can be terminated only in such a manner so as to allow the fetus the greatest possible chance of survival, including specifically the exceptions of rape and incest, and specifically excluding the mental health of the mother as being a mitigating factor. Meaning, the mother's mental health is irrelevant, totally, whether she's crazy to begin with or being forced to carry the baby to term would be mentally destructive to her.
Another problem is, if the bill passes, only the person performing the abortion could be prosecuted, and the mother could not be prosecuted under any circumstances, for conspiracy or anything else. That means we go back to coat hangers, alleys, and underground rich-people abortions because it'll take big bucks for a physician to perform one on the down low. But it'll at least keep the FBI busy with the new Abortion Task Force Division it'll form.
Any, finally, why is the Federal Government trying to legislate something they have no business being involved with? 41 states already have late-term abortion bans, and 8 of them ban abortions after 20 weeks. Nearly tho-thirds of the American people already oppose second-trimester abortions (that's after 13 weeks), and the number who oppose third-trimester abortions is well over 90 percent. But those are state issues, not federal government issues.
It'll never pass the Senate. I'll be surprised if it even comes up for a vote.
