Mo. proposed 20-week cut-off for abortions meets praise, criticism

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 ~ Updated 7:48 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposed law to limit the use of late-term abortions in Missouri by recasting the definition of a viable unborn child met with both praise and criticism Tuesday at a Senate hearing.

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