Democrats Block House Bill to Save Babies Who Survive Abortion
House Dems unite to stop amendment to protect babies born alive after abortion
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Democrats in the House of Representatives united to shut down a Republican bill amendment seeking to protect babies who survive abortion.
The GOP-backed Born Alive Act aims to amend a previous bill so that infants born alive after an abortion would be required to receive the same medical care as newborns of the same age who are born prematurely.
The amendment, offered by Reps Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ann Wagner (R-MO), would make it a legal requirement for healthcare practitioners to administer care to newborn babies - irrespective of how they're born.
"Providing, literally, life-saving medical care to these babies is something we should all find common ground on to support," Rep. Walden told the House to a standing ovation.
Despicable.
— Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) February 28, 2020
Dems just BLOCKED an amendment offered by @repgregwalden & @RepAnnWagner that would require healthcare practitioners to administer care to newborn babies - irrespective of how they're born. #BornAlive pic.twitter.com/WnGmQUvvz1
Democrats, with the exception of Reps. Dan Lipinski (IL); Ben McAdams (UT); and Collin Peterson (MN), voted against Republicans’ Motion to Recommit, by 220-187.
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The motion was the last chance the minority party had to propose an amendment to a bill, according to Breitbart.
Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) also voted with Republicans on the amendment offered by GOP Reps. Greg Walden and Ann Wagner.
Of Republican members of the House, 14 did not vote, while eight Democrats also failed to vote on the legislation.
🚨 BREAKING: Once again Republicans led by @RepAnnWagner took matters into our own hands on the Floor because Pelosi refuses to allow a vote on the #BornAlive Act.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) February 28, 2020
But abortion extremist Dems again BLOCKED protections for newborns from being killed by abortionists.
Disgusting.
📺 WATCH @repgregwalden fighting for babies born alive during an abortion
— Energy & Commerce GOP (@HouseCommerce) February 28, 2020
“These are not ‘fetuses that are born…’ these are tiny little babies struggling to live.”
Wants nation’s most vulnerable to have life-saving medical care pic.twitter.com/XnGaib3uOa
The measure states:
Any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive shall:
(A) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age; and
(B) following the exercise of skill, care, and diligence required under subparagraph (A), ensure that the child born alive is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.
On Tuesday, the Senate also failed to garner the 60 votes needed to pass both the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, introduced by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) – which corresponds to the House Republicans’ amendment – and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban abortion in the United States past the 20th week of pregnancy.
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The United States is one of only seven countries in the world that permit elective abortion past 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The other nations are Canada, China, Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.
We are so grateful to champions like @RepAnnWagner who continue to ask Speaker Pelosi for a vote on this critical, lifesaving legislation. #BornAlive is not about abortion, it's about what happens AFTER an abortion. #EndInfanticide https://t.co/JYsramx18v
— CWA LAC (@CWforA) February 28, 2020
Democrat Sens. Bob Casey (PA), Doug Jones (AL), and Joe Manchin (WVA) voted with Republicans for the Born-Alive measure, while Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted with Democrats against the Pain-Capable bill.
“This week congressional Democrats stood firmly behind the party’s presidential candidates in supporting abortion-on-demand, up until the moment of birth, and even supporting infanticide,” said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
“Americans of all political stripes are disgusted by this extreme, inhumane position and we are confident that will be reflected at the ballot box this November,” Dannenfelser added.
Democrats just voted down a chance to end infanticide and provide babies lifesaving care after they are born, having survived an abortion.
— Congressman Fred Keller (@RepFredKeller) February 28, 2020
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡, 𝙤𝙪𝙩-𝙤𝙛-𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨. pic.twitter.com/FpIPe9GoLY
President Donald Trump has said he will sign both the Born-Alive and Pain-Capable measures into law if passed by Congress.
“It is national Democrats – from the party’s leading presidential contenders to Nancy Pelosi – who stand squarely in the way of protecting these innocent children from being left to die,” the Dannenfelser asserted.
