On Twitter, he wrote, "I’m #ProLife and I don’t apologize for it and I do believe the time has come for us to establish a minimum national standard of 15 weeks. I think creating a minimum national standard for when a child is able to feel pain in the womb is an idea whose time has come."
A 15-year-old girl from Guatemala, whose identity has not been disclosed by the authorities, succumbed to a severe, pre-existing illness on Monday while under the government's protection.