[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION

  (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Madam Speaker, a few minutes ago, I rose to call for a 
vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which 
requires any baby who survives an abortion to receive the same medical 
care that any baby born at the same age would receive. It requires the 
baby to then be transported to a hospital.
  As a doctor, I strongly believe that every patient, especially these 
infants born alive, should be given appropriate medical care. This 
should not even be a question.
  New York recently celebrated passing a law that removes protections 
from babies born alive after an abortion attempt. Other States also 
fail to protect abortion survivors.
  Therefore, it is our duty, as Members of Congress, to defend the God-
given right to life for every baby in this situation. It is our duty, 
as compassionate human beings, to ensure that these uniquely vulnerable 
babies receive the care that they deserve.
  It is past time to vote on H.R. 962.

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