Fetal pain law may prove historic

LIFE DIGEST: Fetal pain law may prove historic: Oct. 15 marked a development in Nebraska that could prove to be historic in the battle against legal abortion in the United States, some pro-lifers predicted. On that date, a Nebraska law that prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with narrow exceptions, took effect. The Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act establishes a new standard in abortion bans. Rather than setting the benchmark at fetal viability, which can be 22 to 24 weeks, Nebraska’s law utilizes evidence that an unborn child experiences pain at 20 weeks for its guideline.