DES MOINES, Iowa, May 16, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Debate and drama ensued in the Iowa Senate late last Thursday night over two competing abortion bills, both designed to prohibit late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart from setting up a facility in the state’s Council Bluffs region. Discussion will begin again today.
The majority of Senators have already signed a petition to vote on a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks, when unborn babies are known to feel pain. House File 657 was proposed last fall as a measure to shut Carhart out of Iowa where he had announced plans for a late-term abortion facility in Council Bluffs.
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