[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2004-H2005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PROTECTING INNOCENT LIFE

  (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of human life and 
protections for newborn infants. This should be a noncontroversial 
thing. Newborn babies deserve access to medical care.
  In the weeks since Democrats blocked the Born-Alive Abortion 
Survivors Protection Act in the Senate, my House colleagues have called 
for a vote on this important, commonsense legislation. I am a proud 
cosponsor of Congresswoman Ann Wagner's bill to define any infant who 
survives an abortion as a legal person and ensure the baby receives the 
same medical care that any newborn receives.
  This is in stark contrast to the legislation just passed in the State 
of New York and the proposal in the State of Virginia which legalizes 
late-term abortion even up until birth. These radical attempts 
demonstrate that this is a human rights issue that we must address.
  Protecting the dignity of human life upholds our society's highest 
values, and denying lifesaving medical care for newborn babies should 
defy our Nation's collective conscience.

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