[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 25 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H1467-H1468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HOUSE MUST VOTE ON BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
  I applaud my colleague Congresswoman Ann Wagner for reintroducing 
this bill, and I am proud to be a cosponsor.
  This bill penalizes the intentional killing of a child who is born 
alive. To be clear, I cannot believe I even have to state those words.

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  Mr. Speaker, we have seen horrific actions in New York and Virginia 
to allow late-term abortion. This is essentially the execution of a 
defenseless child after birth. It is unconscionable.
  The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require a 
child who is born after an attempted abortion to receive treatment and 
be transferred to a hospital.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a sad day in America when we have to discuss 
such a reprehensible act.
  Any doctor who would leave a child to die should face the full extent 
of the law. This bill would ensure that.
  We must protect the most vulnerable, and I urge the House to take 
action on this bill.

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