Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a new bill Tuesday limiting most “late-term” abortions nationwide — fewer than three months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and just two months out from the midterm elections, where the issue is likely to be front and center.
“I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand — except in cases of rape, incest, [or] to save the life of the mother,” Graham said at a press conference unveiling the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act alongside anti-abortion leaders .
“That’s where we should be as Americans.”
Graham argued that at the 15-week point of a pregnancy, a baby has “well-developed” nerve endings allowing them to feel pain. Graham said that if a child was born prematurely at about 15 weeks, doctors could give them an anesthetic in a bid to save their life.
“So here’s our point: if you have to provide anesthesia to keep the baby from feeling pain to help save its life, should we as a nation be aborting babies that can feel excruciating pain from an abortion?” he said.
Graham has repeatedly introduced bills limiting abortion after the 20-week mark. His most recent proposal, introduced in January 2021, failed to pass.
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