A Georgia House committee began a series of hearings on a bill today that would limit abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Republican representative Doug McKillip says he’s proposing the bill because he believes a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks.
“If you stick a fetus with a pin it reacts. It hurts and all the senses that you and I would hurt if we got stuck with a pin. It has chemical reactions that they’re able to measure.”
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