HARRISBURG, Pa -- The Pennsylvania House introduced House Bill 1948, which would change abortion regulations in the state.
The legislation would move the state's ban on abortions after 24 weeks to 20 weeks of gestational age.
The Pennsylvania House Health Committee voted 16-10 on Monday to move the bill to the House floor.
The bill would also restrict dilation and evacuations abortions, which the bill refers to as "dismemberment abortions."
That is described in the legislation as "The act of knowingly and purposefully causing the death of an unborn child by means of dismembering the unborn child and extracting the unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments. The term does not include an abortion which is exclusively performed through suction curettage."
There are 100 co-sponsors for the bill.
Representative Bryan Cutler (R) Lancaster County one of those co-sponsors.
He said, "As we look at current medical practices and the provision of anesthesia during neonatal surgery within the womb at 20 weeks it is important that we protect and respect the lives of both the mother and unborn infant."
Rep. Kevin Schreiber (D) York County plans to vote against the bill.
He said in part "This bill would have significant and substantial repercussions and is being rushed to a vote, despite governor Wolf's pledge to veto it, in a purely political motivation that is altogether unfortunate."
Planned Parenthood is encouraging people to contact lawmakers to vote against the bill.
The PA Catholic conference wants supporters of the bill to get in touch with lawmakers to vote in favor of the legislation.
The House could vote on the bill as soon as Wednesday.