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On Born-Alive, GOP Delivers
By Tony Perkins - April 4, 2019

They’ve been shouted down, cut off mid-sentence, even had their microphones turned off. But today, House Republicans aren’t taking no for an answer. After 25 trips to the floor, asking liberal leaders to do the right thing, pro-lifers are determined to stop the k*****g of born-alive babies — no matter what it takes.

This morning, on the steps of the Capitol, conservatives had a message for Democrats: they can’t hide from this issue any longer. As of this week, Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) are officially reaching for the discharge petition to force Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) hand. “This is one tool we have, especially as the minority party, to try to bring very important and critical legislation to a v**e,” Scalise told reporters. If Democrats are going to block the Born-Alive A******n Survivors Act, then, he vowed, “we are taking matters in our own hands.”

Under House rules, it will take every single Republican and 21 Democrats to free the bill from the majority’s grip. Frankly, it shouldn’t be hard. After all, the measure has absolutely nothing to do with a******n — and everything to do with protecting living, breathing, newborn children. “This shouldn’t even be a debate,” Scalise said in frustration. And the American people agree! Eighty-two percent of this country — including 70 percent of Pelosi’s own party — think leaving innocent babies to die on a hospital table is a bridge no civilized country should cross.

“You deserve to know: Where does your representative stand on stopping infanticide?” For at least three Democrats, there’s no question. To the relief of their constituents, Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.), Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) not only support the GOP’s crusade, they’re cosponsors of it. Could there be 18 more? “If just a handful of Democrats have the courage to join us, hundreds of newborns across the U.S. will have a legally-protected chance to live a happy, productive life,” Scalise and Wagner wrote on Fox News:

“Together, we can end infanticide and protect babies who are born alive.”

To the people who wonder if this bill is necessary, they argue, take a long hard look at the A******n Survivors Network. This isn’t a hypothetical to Melissa Ohden, who:

“was a victim of an attempted saline a******n in which she was burned, born, and later saved by the grace of a nurse who ‘couldn’t just leave me there to die’ and rushed her to a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital for treatment. Some a******n survivors, like Melissa, publicly advocate for a******n survivor protection laws, and even more survivors live quietly as regular, productive Americans. However, hundreds of living, breathing newborn a******n survivors are not given a chance at life and are left to die in utility closets, buckets, or toilets.”
Right now, only six states collect the statistics of born-alive survivors. Imagine how many thousands of other nameless babies go unreported, victims of this myth that infanticide isn’t a real issue — or worse, a personal “choice” for moms and doctors to decide. That must stop.

“We cannot discriminate between children who are wanted and children who are unwanted,” Wagner and Scalise insist. “All newborns deserve the opportunity to lead a long, happy life.”
You can help. Join with FRC and the pro-life leaders of the House in Ending Birth Day A******n. Tens of thousands of you have already signed up to send a newborn hat to Nancy Pelosi to remind her of the cost of the Democrats’ extremism. Stand with us! Then, if you live in a Democratic district, take the time to contact your representative and ask them to support the discharge petition. As FRC’s Patrina Mosley urged in her Hill op-ed:

“For those… House Democrats who may feel a sense of duty to stand with their party, I offer this word of comfort: Fear not. To v**e for the Born-Alive A******n Survivors Protection Act will not turn you into a Republican — or even a pro-lifer — just someone whose conscience has not been fully seared… We’ve got to be clear on where we stand on this as a country.”

As seen here at Family Research Council: Washington Update. Posted here with permission.

Tony Perkins’ Washington Update is written with the aid of FRC senior writers.

Kevyn

No true Christian would bear false witness by saying any of the recent state laws passed to ease onerous a******n regulations ammount to infanticide. Nor would they push an outrageous law that forces futile resuscitation attempts that serve no purpose other than making a horrible situation more difficult for a grieving woman and her Doctors. Precluding forced “heroic efforts” to resuscitate fetuses without a brain and other terminal prognosis is both compassionate and common sense. It is nothing short of ghoulish to force women to carry such doomed pregnancies to term at risk to their own well being and then insist medical staff prolong the suffering of all involved.

There is no cure or standard treatment for anencephaly and the prognosis for patients is death. Most anencephalic fetuses do not survive birth, accounting for 55% of non-aborted cases. Infants that are not stillborn will usually die within a few hours or days after birth from cardiorespiratory arrest.

In almost all cases, anencephalic infants are not aggressively resuscitated because there is no chance of the infants ever achieving a conscious existence. Instead, the usual clinical practice is to offer hydration, nutrition, and comfort measures and to "let nature take its course". Artificial ventilation, surgery (to fix any co-existing cong*****l defects), and drug therapy (such as antibiotics) are usually regarded as futile efforts. Some clinicians and medical ethicists view even the provision of nutrition and hydration as medically futile.

These situations are beyond tragic and the difficult decisions they present should be left to the women and their doctors without the abuse and pressure from anti choice zealots and their sycophants in government.

bahmer

You are obviously very ignorant of Christians and Christian views as well as what the Bible says.

Kevyn

I am a man of the cloth, who are you kidding?

wolffy

A diaper?

Wonttakeitanymore

A man of what cloth? U are sick and h**eful!!

TrueAmerican

Ignorance in action --- a mind is a terrible thing to waste !!!!!!

JoyV

The survivors who were not left to die were NOT anencephalic. In fact, anencephalic children are extremely rare. Most don't even survive in the womb.

The bills put forth in NYC and Virginia do NOT require hydration or feeding of the infants, but leave it up to the mother and a single doctor to determine whether the baby will be allowed to live. Only then may anyone give sustenance to the baby. Nor is there any criteria that the baby must have something medically wrong to be left to die.


Northrum stated, “The infant would be delivered; the infant would be kept comfortable; the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desire, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”
https://wtop.com/ask-the/2019/01/virginia-gov-northam-joins-wtop-live-jan-30/

https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/ob-gyn-rejects-ny-a******n-law-absolutely-no-reason-to-k**l-a-baby-in-third-trimester

NanaMother1

Unbelievable how ignorant an apparently educated person can be, (as clearly demonstrated by Kevyn). Wrong on so many levels that it would be challenging to know where to even begin a rebuttal. Sincerely doubt he is either capable or willing to grasp the actual facts so I think it best to simply ignore his ludicrous comments. Surely, most people with more than 4 brain cells will be able to identify his post as being nothing more than the diaper filler it is.