For immediate release: February 19, 2019
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Call and Urge Your Senators to Vote YES
on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act!
On Monday, February 25th, Majority Leader McConnell has indicated that the Senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311) sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse. National Right to Life is urging the Senate to vote "aye". We intend to include the roll call in our scorecard of key
right-to-life roll calls of the 116th Congress.
Please widely publicize the vote, and encourage calls and visits to the Senator's offices. They are in the districts the remainder of this week. You can find more information and our action alert here:
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would enact an explicit requirement that a baby born alive during an abortion must be afforded “the same degree” of care that would
apply “to any other child born alive at the same gestational age,” including transportation to a hospital.
The bill applies the existing penalties of the federal murder statute to anyone who performs “an overt act that kills a child born alive.” The bill also empowers women with a right to sue their
abortionists and others for harm caused by violations of the act.
National Right to Life strongly supports the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
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