{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-we-have-a-duty-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable", "Daines: We Have A Duty To Protect The Most Vulnerable", "2017-10-05", "2017", "2017-10", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.05.17\n\t\t\t Daines: We Have A Duty To Protect The Most Vulnerable \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tU.S. SENATE \u2014 U.S. Senator Steve Daines today\u00a0helped introduce legislation to\u00a0protect unborn children from the pain of late-term abortions.\r\nDaines is an original cosponsor of the commonsense\u00a0Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.\u00a0This legislation\u00a0would prevent late-term abortion nationwide beyond 20 weeks \u2013\u00a0more than halfway through pregnancy when a baby can feel pain.\u00a0In fact, 63 percent of Montanans support legislation limiting abortion after five months.\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is an important measure to do exactly that: protect unborn children who can feel pain,\u201d\u00a0Daines stated. \u201cOnly seven countries\u00a0in the world allow babies 20\u00a0weeks or older to be aborted and\u00a0the United States is one of\u00a0them, along with North Korea\u00a0and China. We must continue to be a voice\u00a0for those who don't have a\u00a0voice.\u201d\u00a0\r\nDaines has long worked to protect society\u2019s most vulnerable. Daines was a co-sponsor of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and\u00a0actively urged\u00a0for Senate passage in the 114th\u00a0Congress.\u00a0\u00a0\r\nThe\u00a0Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act\u00a0is co-sponsored by a total of 45 Senators, including Senators Lindsey Graham, John Barrasso, Roy Blunt, John Boozman, Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Thad Cochran, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, Mike Crapo, Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst, Mike Enzi, Jeff Flake, Deb Fischer, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, John Hoeven, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Ron Johnson, John Kennedy, James Lankford, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, David Perdue, Rob Portman, James Risch, Pat Roberts, Mike Rounds, Marco Rubio, Ben Sasse, Tim Scott, Richard Shelby, Luther Strange, Dan Sullivan, John Thune, Thom Tillis, Pat Toomey, Roger Wicker, and Todd Young.\u00a0\r\nThe companion legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 237-189.\r\n###\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-we-have-a-duty-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3493999615311623, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}