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Three Republican members of Congress are taking action to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would require a baby born alive after an attempted abortion to receive the same level of medical care as a newborn. (Photo: Jill Lehmann Photography/Getty Images)
Congressional Democrats have blocked a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act more than 75 times in the past few years. Now, three Republican House members are seeking to force a vote on the bill.
The bill does not restrict abortion, but only requires medical professionals to provide a baby who survives an abortion with the same level of medical care as any other newborn child.
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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ For years Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to allow the House of Representatives to vote up or down on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 619). Family Research Council is urging Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to sign onto a discharge petition filed today by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) to force the Speaker to allow a vote. In the 116
th Congress, the discharge petition received 205 signatures of the required 218, 191 of those signatures coming on the first day.
Currently 36 states have at least some born alive protections. However, only 18 states have the three elements of strong born-alive protections reflected in the federal Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. That means that federal law and 32 states do not adequately protect the lives of infants who survive abortion. Since 2019 Kentucky, South Dakota, and West Virginia have passed improved born-alive la
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Signs Bill Protecting Infants Surviving Abortion
9 Apr 2021
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed into law Wednesday a bill that mandates infants who survive an abortion receive the same medical treatment as any other infant born alive.
Senate File 34, known as “Born alive infant-means of care,” states:
The commonly accepted means of care that would be rendered to any other infant born alive shall be employed in the treatment of any viable infant aborted alive. Any physician performing an abortion shall take medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of an infant born alive.
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