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Any Decent Woman Would Lay Down Her Life For Her Child

Last week the Senate failed to pass the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act – a law which would have required doctors to provide lifesaving care for infants born alive after botched abortion procedures.

By Mary Margaret Olohan3 min read
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This act was not aimed at ending abortion but only at caring for babies that survived botched abortions. The fact that it failed to pass reveals that many in the Senate are too focused on a woman’s supposed “choice” of not wanting to be inconvenienced by a fully born baby to even offer a drop of compassion towards the smallest among us.