Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. This bill does exactly what the title says, which in this town is a novel concept. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, Ann Wagner, for her tireless efforts. I thank our majority leader, Steve Scalise, for his efforts on this issue. And, of course, I thank Chairman Jim Jordan of the Judiciary Committee for being such an advocate for the pro-life community. Today, we are not talking about abortion. We are talking about children. We are talking about children who have been born and are fighting to survive despite an abortion attempt. In some cases when a woman receives a late-term abortion, the baby can be born alive following the procedure. Federal law currently recognizes these babies as persons but fails to outline any requirements of care after the infant is born alive. H.R. 26 would rectify this by requiring healthcare practitioners to treat any child born alive after an abortion as they would any infant and requires that the infant be immediately treated with lifesaving care and transported to a hospital. I honestly do not understand what is so controversial about that.…”