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NEW BILL TO BAN ABORTIONS ONCE BABY IS OLD ENOUGH TO FEEL PAIN/ Guests in Eastern Time)
Throughout the decades that mark the political and legislative battle on the abortion-rights issue, the cornerstone of debate has always been whether or not life begins at conception or birth.
But this week, in the Nebraska state legislature, a new bill will be on the table that completely shifts that cornerstone away from an argument of personal opinion to one of scientific fact—that after 20 weeks in the womb, a fetus has developed all the nervous structures necessary to begin feeling pain.
Available for interviews to further explain this medical science and the potentially groundbreaking Nebraska Abortion Pain Prevention Act on which it is based are Mary Balch, Lori Kehoe and Dorothy Yeung of the National Right to Life’s State Legislation Department.
The bill, should it become law, would ban the killing of unborn babies capable of feeling pain, absent a significant risk to the mother. More specifically, it would prevent abortion after 20 weeks in the absence of such a significant risk to the mother.
As guests on your show, Balch, Kehoe and Yeung can explore the issues regarding how unborn children can experience pain, whether or not it is within the Constitution to prevent abortions on “pain-capable” children, and what kind of precedent Nebraska’s bill could set should it pass.
Don’t miss this opportunity to introduce a whole new, thought-provoking angle on one of the most deadlocked debates in U.S. political and cultural history. Call Special Guests today to arrange an interview with three incredibly astute experts.
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE OFFERS REFERENCE MATERIAL THAT MAY BE USEFUL FOR SHOW PREP:
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/Fetal_Pain/index.html
ABOUT YOUR EXPERT GUESTS:
Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D. is director for the National Right to Life Department of State Legislation. She received her bachelor's degree in political science from Queens College, City University of New York. Her law degree is from Pepperdine University School of Law in California. She came to National Right to Life in 1989 after working as legislative counsel to New Hampshire Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey and as a trial attorney in New York City. It is primarily because of the work of the NRL Department of State Legislation that NARAL continues to give the nation an overall grade of “D” on so-called “women’s reproductive rights.”
Lori Kehoe is senior legislative liaison for the National Right to Life State Legislation Department. She also serves as acting executive director for the New York State Right to Life Committee. Mrs. Kehoe has lobbied Congress on abortion, euthanasia, cloning, health care rationing, and other pro-life and First Amendment issues. She has conducted seminars and has spoken on the life issues across the country and throughout Australia. Mrs. Kehoe has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News Channel, and other national television and radio programs. She is a graduate of State University of New York at Geneseo.
Dorothy Yeung, J.D. is legislative counsel for the National Right to Life State Legislation Department. She also serves as a lobbyist for North Carolina Right to Life and chair of Triangle Right to Life, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area chapter of National Right to Life. Mrs. Yeung has appeared on many national and international news broadcasts including Fox News Channel, MSNBC’s Hardball, CNN's Crossfire, NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, and programs on ABC, BBC, National Irish Radio and Voice of America. She is a graduate of Regent University and a Blackstone Fellow.
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