[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BORN ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION

  (Mrs. WAGNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of babies 
who survive abortions and are born alive.
  The Constitution clearly states that all persons born in this country 
are entitled to life, liberty, and equal protection under the law.
  Our Founding Fathers did not put age limits on who is entitled to 
life, but over the past month, I have been astounded and horrified to 
watch radical legislators upend the Constitution and argue that babies 
who survive abortions should not be given the same level of medical 
care that all other newborn babies receive.
  New York legislators repealed a law mandating medical care for any 
baby born alive during an abortion. A law proposed in Virginia would 
allow abortions up to the very moment of full delivery.
  Congress must act to protect those who cannot protect themselves. 
This week, I introduced the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection 
Act, H.R. 962, which merely ensures that babies who survive abortions 
receive immediate lifesaving care, which is very simple. We choose life 
or we choose death.

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