In Oregon, The House Judiciary Committee held an informational session on House Bill 3512, which would prohibit abortions once a pregnancy is in its 20th week, barring a medical emergency threatening the mother’s life. 
“Dr. Richard Thorne, a retired gynecologist and former president of Oregon Right to Life, testified that, under the federal Animal Welfare Act of 1966, animals enjoy more legal protection from pain than fetuses do under current federal abortion laws.
“Should animal rights trump human rights in regards to pain?” he asked the committee.”
Saul Hubbard “Panel airs anti-abortion bill” The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) April 7, 2011
Pro-Choicers vehemently fought this bill, and the bill was killed.
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