Tag: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

By Dave Andrusko It’s important to remember that the legislative wheel turns very slowly, but even more so when neither pro-life Republicans nor pro-abortion Democrats control both Houses of Congress. Here is an update about what is taking place vis a vis the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which House Democrats are doing their very …

By Olivia Gans Turner, President, Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) In response to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s obnoxious comments about allowing abortion survivors to be left to die, there has been a renewed push to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act through Congress. Unfortunately, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) is preventing a vote …

If successful, petition would force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act By Dave Andrusko This was told to me by someone who was in the House gallery on Tuesday as Members, one by one, came up and signed a discharge petition to liberate the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 962 ) …

Editor’s note. Thanks to the efforts of Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), members of the U.S. House of Representatives today were able to begin signing a discharge petition on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act. The discharge petition is a tool that the minority can use to circumvent pro-abortion leadership who …

Prolife House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) has indicated that a discharge petition for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 962) will be filed on April 2nd. If the petition is signed by a majority of House members, it will overcome the obstruction of pro-abortion Democrat leadership. If enacted, H.R. 962 would extend federal …

By Right to Life of Michigan “Gaslighting” is ugly. Gaslighting is when a person uses manipulative techniques to get another person to question their perception of the truth. On February 25, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow [D-Mi.] voted to filibuster the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill she voted against does exactly what the bill …

By Wesley J. Smith There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would have protected babies who survive abortion from death-by-neglect and infanticide. In a nutshell, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would have required simply that all born babies—whether wanted or not—be treated equally, by requiring …

By Dave Andrusko As we reported last week, pro-life Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said we should expect a Senate vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311) on February 25. When pro-abortion Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) blocked pro-life Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse’s initial request for unanimous consent, she tweeted out the …

By Dave Andrusko Two non-surprises this week. Democrats, of course, said “No!” to requests for unanimous consent so that Congress could move forward on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Treat babies who survive abortions as you would any other baby born prematurely? They are not in the protecting babies business, unborn or born (if …