"We give our pets greater legal protections than we provide to the future citizens of America who have proven their humanity and their sensitivity to pain"
Liberty Counsel Condemns the Inhuman Treatment of Unborn Children
ATLANTA, GA - Today Liberty Counsel files an amicus brief in the case of West Alabama Women's Center v. Miller defending the Alabama law that prohibits dismemberment abortions of live unborn babies, known as Dilation and Extraction (D&E), based on the medical evidence of their ability to feel intense pain.
Liberty Counsel's brief lists ample evidence that unborn babies feel pain. "[I]t is entirely uncontested that a fetus experiences pain in some capacity, from as early as 8 weeks of development." testified Dr. Maureen Condic before U.S. legislators. Early on in fetal development pain transmitters in the spinal cord are abundant, but pain inhibitors are sparse until later, according to Dr. Colleen Malloy. This medical information shows that premature infants have greater pain sensitivity than do full-term infants. Another demonstration of this is how premature babies actually require greater concentrations of medication to maintain effective anesthesia during surgery than full-term babies, as explained in the book Neonatal Pain.
