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Politics | A majority of Americans support protecting abortion survivors, but it’s a hard sell in Congress WASHINGTON—Republicans are trying to gather enough signatures to bypass House Democratic leadership and vote to protect babies born during attempted abortions. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., introduced a discharge petition Tuesday for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a measure that would mandate that babies who survive attempted abortions receive medical care. Providers who failed to care for those babies would face criminal and civil penalties. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., introduced the bill in February. In an Fox News op-ed, Wagner and Scalise noted that “86 percent of Republicans, 70 percent of Democrats, and 75 percent of independents support this legislation.” Three Democrats co-sponsored the bill. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, co-sponored the bill but hadn’t signed the petition as of Thursday, and Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, signed the peition but did not co-sponsor the bill. The care of abortion survivors also garnered national attention after Virginia Gov. Republicans introduced the Born-Alive bills in Congress shortly after Northam made his remarks. A Rasmussen poll conducted March 12-13 found 69 percent of Americans said they believe doctors should be required to care for a child who survives an abortion and 20 percent said they were not sure. “We call on all members to join the majority of Americans and recognize that a child born alive, even if she has been marked for abortion, has a right to life that should be protected.” The last time a discharge petition made it successfully to the floor was in 2015.

Yellow balloons bearing the word “life” and chants opposing abortion rose above the state Capitol Wednesday as lawmakers convened inside to finish the year’s legislative work. A crowd that Capitol Police estimated at 6,500 demonstrators descended on Capitol Square from across the state to protest failed legislation to eliminate some restrictions on late-term abortions and Gov. Ralph Northam's recent comments on that proposal. Wednesday's event, the largest anti-abortion demonstration at the state Capitol in recent memory, was affiliated with the national March for Life, an annual event that has for years drawn thousands of protesters to the national mall in Washington. The Virginia March for Life was the first of its kind, according to its organizers: the Family Foundation, the Virginia Catholic Conference and the Virginia Society for Human Life. A few dozen lawmakers — members of the House and Senate Republican caucuses — made an appearance before the crowd, drawing loud thank yous from demonstrators. “There’s not a more important issue that I’ve deal with in my career in the legislature than life,” House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, told the crowd in brief remarks. “A child that is unborn is off limits to the governor and everyone else,” Newman said. “I hope this becomes an annual event.” Legislators are back in Richmond for the annual one-day session in which they take up the governor's vetoes and proposed amendments to bills. Earlier Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers, abortion patients and reproductive rights advocates held an event titled “Speak Out for Abortion Access.” Catholics for Choice, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia and other groups participated in that event, according to organizers, who estimated that 60 people attended.

Under these new rules, Planned Parenthood must either get out of the abortion business or set up separate facilities for offering abortion in order to achieve a clear separation between family planning activities and abortion. Instead, Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen has repeatedly attempted to brand abortion as healthcare. Abortion is not healthcare, certainly not for the baby who loses her life, but neither does it constitute healthcare for the mother. Sponsored View Cartoon Planned Parenthood’s image as a women’s healthcare provider was tarnished when past-President Cecile Richards falsely claimed her organization provided mammograms. Perhaps in an attempt to repair the organization’s image, Wen is trying to change that. Americans are already wise to the Planned Parenthood abortion business model. One way Americans have learned the truth about Planned Parenthood is through the testimony of people who have experienced Planned Parenthood from the inside. The movie “Unplanned,” which opens in theaters this weekend, follows the real-life story of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson and the change of heart she experienced after witnessing an abortion procedure. Abby’s story shows that the abortion procedure is clearly the violent taking of a human life. Not only is abortion not healthcare, it constitutes the violent ending of an innocent life.

Under these new rules, Planned Parenthood must either get out of the abortion business or set up separate facilities for offering abortion in order to achieve a clear separation between family planning activities and abortion. Instead, Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen has repeatedly attempted to brand abortion as healthcare. Abortion is not healthcare, certainly not for the baby who loses her life, but neither does it constitute healthcare for the mother. Sponsored View Cartoon Planned Parenthood’s image as a women’s healthcare provider was tarnished when past-President Cecile Richards falsely claimed her organization provided mammograms. Perhaps in an attempt to repair the organization’s image, Wen is trying to change that. Americans are already wise to the Planned Parenthood abortion business model. One way Americans have learned the truth about Planned Parenthood is through the testimony of people who have experienced Planned Parenthood from the inside. The movie “Unplanned,” which opens in theaters this weekend, follows the real-life story of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson and the change of heart she experienced after witnessing an abortion procedure. Abby’s story shows that the abortion procedure is clearly the violent taking of a human life. Not only is abortion not healthcare, it constitutes the violent ending of an innocent life.

The Story: The US Supreme Court, on February 7, 2019, granted a request from the managers of an abortion clinic to block the execution of...

Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse says that if Gov. Ralph Northam can't say protecting a baby who has survived an abortion is something we all believe in, then he should get the hell out of office. FOX News Channel (FNC)…

This is not a political issue, this is a human life issue, the former governor says on 'Outnumbered.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news.…

The actor and 'Gosnell' star reacts on 'Fox & Friends' to states moving to extend abortion laws after his experience executive producing a movie on the infamous abortion doctor. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated…

The Democratic governor directed the One World Trade Center and other landmarks to be lit in pink Tuesday to celebrate the passage of "Reproductive Health Act." "I shudder to think of the consequences this law will wreak. You have already uttered harsh threats about the welcome you think pro-lifers are not entitled to in our state. Now you are demonstrating that you mean to write your warning into law. Will being pro-life one day be a hate crime in the State of New York?" (flickr/governorandrewcuomo) New York was the first state to legalize abortion in 1970. Cuomo directed the 408-foot spire on the One World Trade Center, the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the Kosciuszko Bridge, and the Alfred E. Smith Building in Albany to be lit pink to “celebrate this achievement and shine a bright light forward for the rest of the nation to follow.” Under the Reproductive Health Act, non-doctors are now allowed to conduct abortions and the procedure could be done until the mother's due date if the woman's health is endangered or if the fetus is not viable. The previous law only allowed abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy if a woman's life was at risk. "Our governor and legislative leaders hail this new abortion law as progress. This is not progress," the bishops wrote.

A new report from Breitbart claims the search term 'abortion' was added to a 'blacklist' file for 'controversial YouTube queries'; reaction from Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology.