The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed to advance in the Senate in a partisan vote on Wednesday afternoon, failing to gain the necessary Democrat support to pass.
The bill, which would require life-saving medical care for infants born after failed abortions, fell short of the necessary two-thirds majority threshold needed to advance, with the cloture vote on the motion receiving only 52 yeas and 47 nays.
The bill defines that any infant born alive after a failed abortion is a “legal person” and entitled to life-saving care, just the same as any other person would under federal emergency medicine statutes.
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“Any infant born alive after an abortion or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility has the same claim to the protection of the
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