WASHINGTON, DC - Voting down a measure that would have banned most abortions after 20 weeks gestation, Senate Democrats on Monday refused to grant legal status to millions of unborn children dreaming of one day being born.

House Republicans passed a bill last week that would guarantee citizens' rights for U.S. children over 20 weeks gestation, the age at which all unborn babies have been scientifically proven to hear voices and feel pain. Senate Democrats killed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on Monday, keeping the United States one of only seven nations on earth that allows unrestricted abortion at any time during pregnancy.

"Frankly, I'm tired of the Republicans' sob stories about these so-called 'dreamers' who are deliberately hiding inside a womb, hoping for government protection without going through the proper channels," a DNC spokesperson told reporters. "Maybe it's not their fault their parents brought them into this world, but that does not give them the same Constitutional right to life that hardworking, natural-born Americans have earned."

Sources confirm Democrats may consider an abortion ban after 24 weeks, since the unborn child would be three-fifths of the way through a typical 40-week pregnancy by that point. "I really admire the idea of a 3/5 compromise," said one Democrat senator. "America has used the 3/5 compromise before, when we were forced to admit that people who are property are still partially human. It worked really well."