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Chris Smith: “We know that children before birth feel pain at least at 20 weeks, and now the evidence is strongly suggesting that as…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2022
We know that children before birth feel pain at least at 20 weeks, and now the evidence is strongly suggesting that as they're being dismembered at 15 weeks they feel that, too.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith argues that unborn children can feel pain during abortion procedures.

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