Some will say this is playing politics. Well, of course it is! This is what happens in politics
Senate Democrats Block Bill to Protect Babies Surviving Abortion
Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130) to protect babies who have survived failed abortions. Sasse went to the floor of the Senate Monday to ask his colleagues to pass the bill by unanimous consent, but Democrats objected.
Referencing the recent firestorm created by the Virginia bill known as the Repeal Act, introduced by Democrat Delegate Kathy Tran and supported by Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, Sasse said:
This place fancies itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, but we would be deceiving ourselves if we ignored the biggest debate that’s been happening in America over the last 36 hours. A public elected official — the Governor of one of the 50 states — has been defending a practice that is morally repugnant. The Governor of Virginia has been defending a practice that is repugnant to civilized people across the entire world.
“Senate Democrats had the chance today to prove they are not the party of infanticide, and instead they doubled down on extremism,†said Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) President Marjorie Dannenfelser after Democrats blocked the bill. “The Democratic Party’s agenda of abortion on demand through birth and even beyond is radically out of step with the standards of decency the overwhelming majority of Americans expect from their leaders.†(snip)
The Born-Alive Act states that Congress acknowledges an “infant†born alive during a failed abortion “is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws.â€
Twitchy has a long thread which live-tweeted the bill
Democratic senator Patty Murray has objected to Sen. Sasse’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on the floor, saying there are already laws on the books preventing infanticide. Read my piece in @NRO today for more on why this isn’t accurate: https://t.co/QOogbx3eMC
— Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (@xan_desanctis) February 4, 2019
Alexandra also writes
Democratic senator Patty Murray of Washington objected to the bill on the floor, preventing it from receiving unanimous consent. Murray claimed that the legislation is unnecessary because there are already legal prohibitions on infanticide. Murray was the only Democratic senator to come to the Senate floor this evening and left immediately after objecting.
One thing I would like to know is if she means that Murray was the only one to speak or the only one present. Hopefully, Alexandra will reply to me.
Is this trap legislation? Of course it is. Politicians do this. When a Dem does it, the media proclaims them super awesome. In this case, Dems had two choices: vote for protecting life, or showing how extreme they are when it comes to abortion. They chose the latter.
