Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call out the glaring hypocrisy of H.R. 21. Once again, the Republican Party is twisting the truth instead of telling the truth. With H.R. 21, Republicans claim they are saving lives of newborn babies. The last I checked, infanticide is already illegal in all 50 States.

This bill is the first step of the Republicans' radical agenda to make us less safe.

They boast about being the party of law and order. However, it seems that notion only applies when punishing women and healthcare providers, not the violent insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol on January 6. Shamefully, they don't seem to care about the five police officers who died as a result of January 6 or the 140 others who were injured.

What happened to Back the Blue?

They also don't seem to care about the women who have already died as a result of Donald Trump's extreme abortion ban. Apparently, not all lives matter.

The goal of H.R. 21 is clear: to further strip women of their fundamental rights by threatening doctors and healthcare providers with jail time.

Now Republicans want to lock up those who save lives while freeing cop killers?

It is radical and not what the American people want.

Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to stand with their constituents, not against them, and vote ``no'' on this dangerous, grossly hypocritical, and unnecessary bill.

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