Arizona Senate Votes on Pain of the Unborn

On Tuesday, the Arizona Senate voted to require abortionists to inform pregnant women that their unborn child will feel pain during an abortion when the unborn baby is 20 weeks in the pregnancy.

The Senate approved the bill on a 17-13 vote, with Democrat Linda Aguirre siding with 16 Republicans in voting for it and Republicans Toni Hellon of Tucson and Carolyn Allen of Scottsdale joining 11 Democrats in voting against it.

Shane Wikfors, Director of Arizona Right to Life writes,

What stuns me is that 13 senators voted against this bill. Two Republicans (Carolyn Allen and Toni Hellon) voted against the bill and one Democrat voted for the bill (Linda Aguirre). The vote should have been close to unanimous for the bill.

The bill now heads to Governor Napolitano where it will likely be vetoed.