A bill that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks gestation based on the unborn child's capacity to feel pain has failed to clear the 2/3 majority hurdle it needed to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Supporters of the bill cite extensive medical evidence that children put to death by abortion feel the pain of the procedure by at least 20 weeks gestation.