[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PROTECTING NEWBORNS WHO SURVIVE ABORTION

  (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, this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee 
had a hearing on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
  In the House, Democratic leadership continues to block the near 80 
times that my Republican colleagues and I have tried to consider this 
legislation on this floor, let alone even holding a hearing.
  I am willing to bet most Americans assume that doctors and nurses 
will do everything they can to help a baby that has somehow 
miraculously survived an abortion. They would be surprised and sad 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 no legal 
protection for those newborn babies who have run the gauntlet, who 
survived and have been born alive after a failed abortion attempt?
  It is way past the time to hold abortion providers accountable for 
ensuring the best possible care for any newborn baby, despite what the 
Governor of Virginia might say, regardless of whether that baby 
survived an abortion.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues, Whip   Steve 
Scalise and Representative Ann Wagner, for their great work on this 
issue. It is time the House passes this important legislation to 
protect the sanctity of innocent newborn life.

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