Republicans are hoping to advance several pro-life measures, beginning with the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act, according to the floor schedule released by Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana.
This piece of legislation, also known as H.R. 26, requires medical care for babies who survive attempted abortions. It promises “to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.”
“Every single member of Congress should be able to agree that newborn babies deserve protection regardless of the circumstances under which they are born,” reads a press release from the majority leader’s office.
The act has the support of the U.S. Catholic bishops.
The legislation would add to the legal protections of the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002, a bipartisan law that established that a “person,” “human being,” “child, and “individual” includes infants born alive.
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