Lankford Calls for Passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Republican Conference Vice Chair and Chairman of the Senate Values Action Team, hosted a messaging hour on the Senate floor for his Republican colleagues and delivered remarks calling on the Senate to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Lankford led 46 Senators in introducing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act last week, but the bill was blocked by Senate Democrats.     

Excerpt

Lankford: One of my colleagues came to this floor and made this statement, ‘At the center of this debate is whether we believe in the premise from the Declaration of Independence, that all are created equal, that freedom belongs to everyone, and that women deserve to be treated as equal citizens.’ I actually couldn’t agree more with my colleague, because that same Declaration of Independence, right next to that statement about everyone being created equal, also includes a simple little comment that says ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’

And our question on this particular bill is when that child is born and she’s crying on the table, does she have the opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness or not? That’s all this bill does. This bill should be a simple process. To say, this is not who we are as Americans. As Americans, we respect the opportunity for life for that child that’s fully delivered. And then we determine what we’re going to do. Just because a baby can’t defend herself doesn’t mean she’s disposable, it means she’s vulnerable. And that means we as a nation should determine what we’re going to do with the life of the most vulnerable.

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