GOP Says A Male Fetus Masturbates at 20 weeks-Nothing on Females

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess. During a House Rules Committee debate yesterday on the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which would ban all abortions nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy, Burgess argued for an even earlier ban.

Citing his experience as an OB-GYN, Burgess said "there is no question" that babies feel pain earlier than 20 weeks. How does he know this, you ask? Why,because they masturbate, of course!

Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they're a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. If they feel pleasure, why is it so hard to think that they could feel pain?

Rep. Burgess made no reference to a female fetus's ability to feel pleasure.