Joyce Signs Petition to Bring Infanticide Ban to The Floor for Vote

Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today joined his colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the effort to end infanticide by signing a discharge petition to bring the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act (H.R. 962) to the floor for a vote. Speaker Pelosi has blocked this bill's consideration 26 times during the 116th Congress.

The discharge petition requires 218 signatures to force consideration of the bill in the House. After today's legislative activity, the petition had 191 signatures. The procedural tactic of a discharge petition is one of the only tools the minority party in the House has to push for its legislation to be voted on.

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which Joyce cosponsors, was introduced by Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) in response to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's comments in January defending the practice of infanticide.

The legislation requires that health care practitioners who are present at a live birth of an infant who survives an abortion provide that infant with the same degree of care that would be offered to any other child. It also mandates that hospital employees report violations to law enforcement authorities, and penalizes the intentional killing of a born-alive child through fines or up to five years of imprisonment.

Tuesday Morning Joyce joined pro-life advocates, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority Whip Steve Scalise for a press conference to advocate for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

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