Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, this bill is extremist, dangerous, and unnecessary.

It is extremist because it would criminalize doctors with up to 5 years in prison and put them in fear of providing lifesaving, medically necessary procedures to those who are pregnant.

It is dangerous because the bill has no exceptions to protect the health of the patient and no exceptions in cases where there is a serious fetal anomaly.

It is unnecessary because, as Mr. Nadler said, it is already a crime to kill a baby born alive.

Many of my Republican colleagues talk about keeping Big Government out of people's lives. But when it comes to the hardest and most intimate decision--decisions that should be made between patients and their healthcare providers--these same colleagues think the government knows better.

Republicans in Congress and conservative extremists on the Supreme Court are waging a war on reproductive healthcare, a war on bodily autonomy, and a war on the medical community and the doctor-patient relationship.

I will continue to stand up against these assaults on reproductive freedom and against extremist, dangerous, unnecessary, and misguided policies like this bill.

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