Mike Pence: “it is said that the Almighty sets before us blessings and curses, life and death, and that we are to choose life so that…”

“it is said that the Almighty sets before us blessings and curses, life and death, and that we are to choose life so that we and our children might live. This week on this floor, in this Chamber, in this country, our Congress will have the opportunity to say ``yes'' to life by supporting the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. In this act, we essentially firmly state that a child that is extracted from the womb and is alive is a person under the law entitled to all of the due process protections of our Constitution. Many may believe that this legislation is unnecessarily divisive and not required. But according to testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, two nurses testified, Mrs. Stanek and Mrs. Baker from the Christ Hospital in Illinois, that in their hospital there are abortion practices that include inducing labor and allowing a born-alive child simply to die. It is important this week on this occasion that Congress and America choose life. Let us today support the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act and the transcendent value of human life that is encompassed therein.”