Kerby Anderson

Senator Ben Sasse is puzzled. He can’t understand why his colleagues in the US Senate don’t support his legislative attempt to prevent infanticide from becoming medical practice in this country. He says, “Infanticide shouldn’t be a partisan issue. Every single public servant should be able to say it’s wrong to leave newborn babies to die.” One of the best reasons for this bill came from comments by the governor of Virginia. Ralph Northam explained that an “infant would be delivered and resuscitated, if that’s what the mother and family desired. And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.” Senator Sasse admits the governor’s “frankness is rare. No euphemisms. No weasel words.” After the national rejection of the governor’s words, you would think that the US Senate would quickly pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. That did not happen. The bill would require that doctors provide the same level of care to the child born from a botched abortion that they would offer to any other baby at the same state of development. During the 1990s, we heard from many Democrat leaders that they wanted abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. When candidate Bill Clinton and later President Bill Clinton would say that phrase, he would even emphasize the word “rare.” That is not the Democrat party of today. The state of New York passed legislation that would essentially allow abortion up to birth. Other states like Vermont and Rhode Island are also considering similar legislation. It appears that Democratic leaders are trying to double-down on the issue of abortion, perhaps because they fear the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade. Senator Sasse concludes that it “should not be difficult for the members of the US Congress to affirm that a child, outside the womb, deserves the protections of our law.” Apparently for some members of Congress, that is asking too much.