{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=cdab5e9d-32c2-46bd-ba6c-4dc6c35feeac", "Hatch Joins Effort to Protect Unborn Children", "2013-11-07", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a longtime supporter of protecting the rights of unborn children, is cosponsoring the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, introduced today by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), which would ban most abortions nationwide for children over 20 weeks old. Scientific and medical evidence have indicated that 20 weeks is the point in which unborn children can feel pain. The legislation includes exemptions for cases of rape, incest or when the mother\u2019s life would be in danger.\r\n\u201cSimple human compassion requires that we protect unborn children from the pain of abortion,\u201d Hatch said.\u00a0\u201cEven abortion supporters say that the debate should be based on medical science, and we now know that each of us could feel pain as early as 20 weeks after conception.\u00a0I hope that protecting children from pain can be a basis for common ground and that this bill can become law.\u201d\r\nCompanion legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives in June.", 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.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=cdab5e9d-32c2-46bd-ba6c-4dc6c35feeac"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.574438065290451, "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"}