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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, Reps. Diane Black, R-TN, and Trent Franks, R-AZ, led a bipartisan effort of 105 Members of the House to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, urging him to allow for a vote in the Senate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

“More than a year after the conviction of the abortionist Kermit Gosnell, it is long past time that the Senate move forward and pass this bipartisan legislation to help protect the health of women and children,” Congressman Black said. “Sadly, the United States lags far behind most of the world when it comes to protections for unborn children. There is clear evidence that these babies can feel the pain of dismemberment in the womb — it's time we acknowledge the science and take action to protect our unborn children. I thank Congressman Franks for his leadership in this effort, and I hope Senator Reid will heed this call and move forward without delay.”

“One year ago, the case of Kermit Gosnell shocked the sensibilities of millions of Americans,” Congressman Franks said. “However, the crushing fact is that abortions on babies just like the ones killed by Kermit Gosnell have been happening in America every single day for the past 41 years — including the year that has passed since America first learned of Kermit Gosnell. Had Kermit Gosnell agonizingly dismembered these babies before they had traveled down the birth canal only moments earlier, he would have, in many places nationwide, been performing an entirely legal procedure. If America truly understands that horrifying reality, hearts and laws will change.”

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“To that end, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which passed out of the House last year, marked the first time in history, in either chamber of the U.S. Congress, that affirmative protection has been extended to unborn children,” Rep. Franks continued. “I applaud Senator Lindsey Graham's boldness in championing the Senate companion bill (S. 1670). I thank my colleague Diane Black for her work on behalf of this vital cause, and I urge Harry Reid to finally allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.”

America is one of only seven countries that allows elective, late-term abortions after the beginning of the sixth month. It is time that America finally opens her eyes to the humanity of these little victims and the inhumanity of what is being done to them,” he said.

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As the Congressmen wrote in their letter, on May 13, Senator Lindsey Graham's request for floor consideration of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was blocked.