Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Mr. ONDER. Madam Speaker, today, I rise in strong support of H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

This legislation says that infants who are born alive after an attempted abortion are entitled to the same respect and medical care that would be provided to an infant of the same gestational age.

In some late-term abortions, the abortionist is unsuccessful at ending the life of the baby, and the baby is born alive. Babies are able to move and breathe on their own. Even pro-abortion academics admit this is often the case, and it is not rare.

A June 2024 article published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that of 14,000 second-trimester abortions, over 1,500 babies were born alive, a rate of 11.2 percent.

This legislation unfortunately is necessary due to heartbreaking reports of abortionists in the United States placing these living, breathing babies in biohazard bags, vats of formaldehyde, or storing them away in a utility closet to die alone. In that sense, there is a complete analogy between what goes on in these abortions, after these abortions, and what Kermit Gosnell did and languished in prison for.

This commonsense legislation requires that abortion survivors be treated with dignity. Remember, this bill applies to the baby's right to care after a baby is born alive and has no implication for abortion or the mother's health.

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Mr. ONDER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from my home State of Missouri for bringing forward this important bill.

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