Senate Democrats unite to vote against protections for infants who survive abortions

[Michie]

Every Democrat in the U.S Senate on Wednesday voted against legislation that would have required doctors to provide lifesaving health care to infants who are born after a failed abortion attempt, with the party-line opposition effectively dooming the bill.

The “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” which was introduced by Republican Sen. James Lankford, would have guaranteed equal protection under the law for “any infant born alive after an abortion.”

The proposed legislation would have required all health care practitioners present during such a birth to “exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a … health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.”

Although a majority of senators voted to advance the legislation, the bill failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster.

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Senate Democrats unite to vote against Born-Alive Act

The “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” would have guaranteed equal protection under the law for “any infant born alive after an abortion.”

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[JimR-OCDS]

Such born alive bills in the past were poorly worded and we would see less
obstetricians as a result.

Doctors who deliver a fetus before viability, 21 weeks, can do nothing to
save the fetus and won't bother trying. If the mother believes the fetus
was alive but the doctor did nothing to save it, then the doctor would
have to go before a board of people who were not there and fight for
his/her license and financial wellbeing.

I'd like to see the bill before making a judgement call on it.

 

[RileyG]

Despicable! Downright deplorable!

 

[tampasteve]

Savages.