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| Born Alive Bill Will Be Major 2020 Issue |
| 2019-04-07 |
| [Free Beacon] House Republicans want to hold Democrats accountable for the party's near-unanimous opposition to caring for babies who survive abortion. The GOP is pushing a bill that would force doctors to provide life-saving care to babies who survive abortions. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed in the Senate after only three Democrats crossed the aisle to support it, falling short of the 60-vote threshold. The Democrat-controlled House has blocked a similar bill from even coming to a floor vote, leading congressional Republicans to launch a discharge petition to rescue it from dying in committee. GOP whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R., La.) is spearheading the petition drive. His outreach effort to Democrats, however, has only yielded three signatures‐putting him 18 votes short of getting the bill out of the Judiciary Committee. Scalise said Democrats will not be able to dodge the issue. "I hope they recognize that the country is paying attention now," he said. Late-term abortion gained national attention after New York adopted a bill that allows abortion up until the point of birth and prevents people accused of murdering pregnant women for being charged with the death of the unborn baby. The debate over the issue reached its peak when Virginia Democrat governor Ralph Northam, a career physician, defended allowing a newborn to die on the table unless the mother approved of resuscitation. Scalise said lawmakers will have to answer for their failure to act on the bill, even if they do not actively vote against it. Blocking the discharge position, he said, is tantamount to a vote in favor of infanticide. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Someone I know has a family rule that was enforced in the raising of their children -- Education, job, marriage, children-in that order no exceptions. I hope they're not disappointed when they never get grandchildren. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-04-07 14:37 |
| #4 Its long past time that entire industry went the way of the Aztecs. Just say no to human sacrifice. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-04-07 14:30 |
| #3 Of course, if this does become law, abortionists will just make DAMN sure that no baby can be born alive. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-04-07 12:41 |
| #2 This presupposes the GOP makes it an issue. What are the odds of that? I know that samizdat will get the info to the people who care about this issue, but to the critical mass of clueless normies and Faceborg moms? I wouldn't bet on it. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-04-07 12:16 |
| #1 Someone I know has a family rule that was enforced in the raising of their children -- Education, job, marriage, children-in that order no exceptions. The rule is working and nowhere in this plan is there a place for abortion, probably because the education (including strong moral guidance) has been effective. |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2019-04-07 10:37 |