Political Quotes

“In its present form, oh, yes, I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Walden moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2339 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: At the end of the bill, insert the following new title: TITLE VII--BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION SEC. 701. BORN-ALIVE INFANTS PROTECTION. (a) Requirements Pertaining to Born-Alive Abortion Survivors.--Chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1531 the following: ``Sec. 1532. Requirements pertaining to born-alive abortion survivors ``(a) Requirements for Health Care Practitioners.--In the case of an abortion or attempted abortion that results in a child born alive (as defined in section 8 of title 1, United States Code (commonly known as the `Born-Alive Infants Protection Act')): ``(1) Degree of care required; immediate admission to a hospital.--Any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive shall-- ``(A) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age; and ``(B) following the exercise of skill, care, and diligence required under subparagraph (A), ensure that the child born alive is…”