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Latest Claim in Abortion Fight: Fetuses Masturbate

Lawmaker says they feel pleasure, so why not pain?

(Newser) - As the House debates a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks , Texas Republican Michael Burgess has offered the most headline-grabbing defense of the legislation so far:
  • "Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they're
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