Ask your Representative for a Vote on the D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Ask your Representative for a Vote on the D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Help move this important legislation to the floor The D.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803) would protect unborn children capable of feeling pain at 20 weeks and beyond by banning abortion past this period. Right now, unborn children are completely unprotected in D.C., where abortion is unrestricted through all nine months of pregnancy. Five states have already passed similar bills, and Mitt Romney has pledged to advance and sign a federal version of this bill into law should he be elected president. Take just a moment to call your Representative and urge them to help bring this important bill to the House floor for a vote before the August recess.