See you the links below for discussion of the constitutionality of legislation banning abortion to prevent fetal pain. Paul Linton recently published an article in the Human Life Review, http://www.humanlifereview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125:the-problem-of-pain-legislation&catid=4:blog , arguing that laws such as Nebraska’s recently passed statute are misguided because such laws have little chance of being upheld in the courts. Mary Balch has defended these laws, in part due to the educational value of this sort of legislation. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/08/bills-related-to-abortion-fetal-pain-are-necessary/ Paul Linton has then responded to Balch’s piece. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/09/pro-life-groups-should-note-abortion-fetal-pain-legal-issues/
Richard M.