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Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Says Senate Rejection of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act should horrify and anger the American people
February 27, 2019
WASHINGTON–Monday night, the Senate failed to advance the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act—legislation that prohibits infanticide by ensuring that a child born alive following an abortion would receive the same degree of care to preserve her life and health as would be given to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. The Senate rejected a motion to advance the bill on a vote of 53 to 44 with 3 not voting. In the Senate, 60 votes are needed to overcome a filibuster and pass a bill.
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued the following statement in response:
“There should be no bill easier for the Senate to pass than one that makes clear that killing newborn babies is wrong and should not be tolerated. That even one senator, let alone 44 senators voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, is an injustice that should horrify and anger the American people and commit us to decisive political action. A vote against this bill is a vote to extend Roe v. Wade’s license for killing unborn children to killing newborn babies. The American people, the vast majority of whom support this bill, must demand justice for innocent children.”
It is important that we communicate our gratitude to those senators who voted in support of the bill and our disappointment and disapproval to senators who voted against the bill.
NCHLA has issued an alert to make this follow up communication quick and easy:
Only three Democrats—Senators Bob Casey, Doug Jones and Joe Manchin—voted for the bill. Fifty Republicans voted for the bill with three Republicans not present for the vote (Senators Kevin Cramer, Lisa Murkowski and Tim Scott). The Senate Roll Call vote can be seen here.
Please share this memo with your grassroots and urge them to take action as well.
What you can do:
- Send a message today communicating your gratitude to senators who voted in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and your disappointment and disapproval to senators who voted against it.
- Click here to send your message by email or Twitter, or if you prefer to call, you will find your senators’ phone numbers provided.
- Share this alert with your friends and family. Copy this link and paste it in an email, or use the graphic included in this email to post on social media encouraging everyone you know to contact their Senators. You can also share one of our posts on Facebook or Twitter, to make it easier to get the word out.
Thank you so much for all you did to urge your senators to support this bill and for your efforts to follow up with them now.
