For the 5th time, Sen. Graham introduces 20-week abortion ban in Congress

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill to ban abortions at 20 weeks four times since he was elected senator of South Carolina, and on Wednesday, he submitted it again for the fifth time.

The bill, named the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, would offer protections for unborn children at 20 weeks, or about five months, after fertilization.

According to a press release, Graham claimed that there is significant scientific evidence that abortion at 20 weeks can cause pain on the fetus.

“I am proud to once again introduce the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” Sen. Graham said. “There are only seven countries that allow wholesale abortions at the 20-week period, including China and North Korea. The United States should not be in that club.”

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The other counties that allow it are Vietnam, Singapore, Canada and the Netherlands. South Carolina has a similar measure already passed, as does states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Arizona, Ohio, Texas and Oklahoma.

Graham added that the law would make American be on the "right side of history."

The bill does allow an abortion after 20 weeks if it's necessary to save the mother's life or if it's a result of rape or incest with a report to law enforcement.

Including Sen. Tim Scott, 43 other Republican senators cosigned the bill.