Tag: born-alive

Editor’s note. Pro-Life Caucus Chair Chris Smith [R-NJ] delivered the following statement at the September 10, 2019, hearing on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The hearing was held by Republican Whip Steve Scalise, the Pro-Life Caucus, and the author of the bill, Rep. Ann Wagner. Since Democrats control the House, naturally the bill could …

By Dave Andrusko Slowly, but surely. The discharge petition to pry the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act out of legislative limbo and on to a possible vote in the House added two new names this week. As NRL News Today reported, North Carolina held two special elections last week and in both cases—the 3rd and …

By Jennifer Popik, JD, Federal Legislative Director Washington, D.C.– House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), and Pro-Life Caucus Chair Chris Smith (R-N.J.) hosted a hearing yesterday examining H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and how it is designed to protect innocent human life left vulnerable following an attempted abortion. …

By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday, NRL News Today readers had the opportunity to read a number of stories about yesterday’s House hearing on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Today we’ll offer additional insights into a hearing that was attended by many pro-life House Republicans and no pro-abortion House Democrats. The latter are not the …

Washington, D.C.– House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), and Pro-Life Caucus Chair Chris Smith (R-N.J.) are hosting a hearing today examining H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and how it is designed to protect innocent human life left vulnerable following an attempted abortion. “Democratic leaders in the House have …

By Dave Andrusko NRL News Today will have a number of posts, today and tomorrow, addressing today’s House hearing on Capitol Hill on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. It represents still another attempt by pro-life Republicans in Congress to raise the visibility of still another stain on our nation’s conscience: the deliberate decision to …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation – National Right to Life This coming Tuesday, September 10th, House Republicans are holding a hearing entitled “End Infanticide: Examining the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.” The witnesses will include Jill Stanek, RN, a nurse who found an abortion survivor; Dr. Robin Pierucci, MD, neonatologist and medical …

By Paul Stark On Feb. 25, Minnesota’s two U.S. senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, joined 42 other senators to successfully block legislation to protect newborn babies who survive abortion. The legislation in question, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311), requires that babies born alive in the context of abortion be treated with …

By Dave Andrusko The North Carolina legislature has sent to the unfriendly desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper “a bill requiring doctors and nurses to protect and care for children born alive during a failed late-term abortion,” according to Gary D. Robertson of the Associated Press. Robertson, whose stories are typically totally biased against the …

By Chris Smith (R-NJ) Editor’s note. There was a press conference held prior to Tuesday’s vote on 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 is blocking a vote on this bill. A number of speakers shared their …

By Carol Tobias, President It was awesome!! I was present in the gallery of the US House of Representatives as Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), lead sponsor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, led a long line of Congressmen/women onto the House floor to sign a discharge petition to …