[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2974-H2975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WE MUST VOTE TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF NEWBORNS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the discharge 
petition that was signed by me today on this floor, as well as 189 
total Members of this House, and a special thank you to Representative 
Ann Wagner and Whip   Steve Scalise for their great work on this issue.
  This discharge petition is to force consideration of the Born-Alive 
Abortion Survivors Protection Act, known

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as H.R. 962, which so far has been blocked by the majority in this 
House.
  I am willing to bet most Americans assume that doctors and nurses 
would do everything they can to help a baby who has somehow 
miraculously survived an abortion. You would be surprised and saddened 
to know that that is not always the case.
  In 2002, Congress recognized the simple fact that an infant who 
survives an abortion is, indeed, a person. So why is there still no 
legal protection for those newborn babies who have been born alive 
after a failed abortion attempt?
  It is past time to hold abortion providers accountable for ensuring 
the best possible care for any newborn baby regardless of whether that 
baby happens to survive an abortion. We must vote to protect the 
sanctity of newborns, and I hope the American people will call their 
Member of Congress and have them sign on to this discharge petition and 
support this act.

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