<p>In one of its first acts this session, the GOP-controlled House passed a bill Wednesday geared toward ensuring steps are taken by health providers to protect infants born alive after an attempted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a>.</p>
<p>Republicans and their supporters championed the legislation as instrumental in guaranteeing life-saving care to newborns while Democrats and pro-abortion groups generally cast the bill as an <a href="https://twitter.com/NormaJTorres/status/1613177408667926531" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attack on women&#8217;s reproductive rights</a> and unnecessary because it is already illegal to kill infants who are born alive.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1613249160500899840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>One Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), joined all voting GOP lawmakers to support the legislation. <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202329" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The final tally was 220-210</a>, with Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) voting &#8220;present&#8221; and three Republicans not voting. Despite the victory for Republicans in the House, the legislation likely won&#8217;t get far in the Democrat-led Senate.</p>
<p class="roll-call-description">The bill, called the &#8220;<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/26/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Born-Alive+Abortion+Survivors+Protection+Act%22%2C%22Born-Alive%22%2C%22Abortion%22%2C%22Survivors%22%2C%22Protection%22%2C%22Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act</a>,&#8221; establishes that health care practitioners who do not reasonably act to &#8220;preserve the life and health of the child&#8221; after an attempted abortion as they would any newborn face fines or up to five years imprisonment. The bill also outlines civil remedies for the mother of an abortion survivor.</p>
<p>&#8220;This reasonable legislation would protect a baby born alive following an abortion,&#8221; <a href="https://wagner.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/wagner-scalise-cammack-introduce-born-alive-abortion-survivors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said Carol Tobias</a>, president of National Right to Life. &#8220;This bill isn’t about interfering with a so-called right to abortion. It is about stopping infanticide. Congress must act now to pass this legislation and protect these vulnerable babies.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), who introduced the bill, celebrated its passing following a years-long effort. She touted how the <a href="https://wagner.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/wagners-born-alive-legislation-passes-house-heads-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation will</a> &#8220;ensure that every single baby born in the United States receives lifesaving medical care at their most vulnerable moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The lower chamber <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also adopted</a> on Wednesday a measure &#8220;condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks in opposition to GOP abortion legislation:</p>
<p>“We believe in Roe v. Wade. You wonder about our position? That’s it … What this bill is about today: a march towards criminalizing abortion care, a nationwide ban.” <a href="https://t.co/O0TUNddmT5">pic.twitter.com/O0TUNddmT5</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1613253120183918592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Mini Timmaraju, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, <a href="https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/2023/01/11/naral-pro-choice-america-condemns-house-gops-passage-of-assault-on-abortion-as-democrats-close-rank-around-reproductive-freedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> criticizing Republicans for &#8220;doubling down on their anti-choice extremist values&#8221; and &#8220;forcing votes on bills that make it harder for Americans to access the care they need.&#8221;</p>
<p>Alluding to how the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturned <em>Roe v. Wade</em> last summer</a>, leaving abortion restrictions to the states, <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) described Wagner&#8217;s bill as part of &#8220;</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">a march towards criminalizing </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">abortion</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> care, a nationwide ban.&#8221;</span></p>

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