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***Smith Takes to House Floor*** ‘Abortion President’ Obama So Extreme that He Vows to Veto Legislation to Protect Children ‘Born Alive’

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Washington, Sep 18, 2015 | Jeff Sagnip ((202) 225-3765) | comments

  • CSPAN Sept. 18 2015 floor debate of HR 3504 and HR 3134.

  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-07) speaks in favor of the Born Alive bill.

  • Rep. Smith addressing pro-abortion members across the aisle opposing the bill.

  • Rep. Rene Elmer (NC-02) demonstrates that Federally Qualified Health Centers provide superior women's health care than Planned Parenthood.

  • Rep. Larry Bucshon (IN-08), a physician who has delivered countless babies, describes birth process and spoke passionately for the Born Alive bill.

  • Congressman Smith debates the merits of the legislaiton.

  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) was the appointed Speaker who controlled the floor during the debate.

  • Congressman Smith makes a point during debate on the Born Alive Survivors Protection Act.

Congressional Pro-life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) gave the following remarks on the House floor today calling for passage of H.R. 3504, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as well as a separate bill, H.R. 3134, to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funds:

    "Undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress have again brought into sharp focus that some babies actually survive abortion," said Smith, a co-sponsor of both bills.   "Dr. Savita Ginde, Medical Director of Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains says 'sometimes we get—if someone delivers before we get to see them for a procedure—they are intact…'  that is, Madame Speaker,  born alive. Breathing, crying, gasping for air. One fetal tissue broker describes on the video watching a 'fetus …just fall out.' And left to die.  


    "We have a duty to protect these vulnerable children from violence, exploitation and death. Humanitarian due diligence requires that born alive babies be taken to a hospital to obtain care and enhance prospects of survival.

 'Tragically, President Obama—the Abortion President—has vowed to veto this pro-child, human rights legislation, a position that is extreme, anti-child, inhumane and indefensible'  ---Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04)


CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF REP. SMITH SPEAKING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR

     "Abortion clinics have no incentive whatsoever to save the child. Abortion clinics do not have neonatal intensive care units—they are in the business of killing babies, not saving them.

  "The Grand Jury in the abortionist Kermit Gosnell case said 'Gosnell had a simple solution for unwanted babies...he killed them.”' He euphemistically called 'snipping' the born alive baby’s spinal cord 'ensuring fetal demise.'  

    "Last week Gianna Jessen—as Chairman Goodlatte noted earlier—an abortion survivor told the House Judiciary Committee that she survived a Planned Parenthood late term multi-hour abortion because 'the abortionist was not at work yet.  Had he been there, he would have ended my life with strangulation, suffocation or leaving me there to die.'   "The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504), authored by pro-life champion Trent Franks simply says any child who survives an abortion must be given the same care as any other premature baby born at the same gestational age.  This legislation builds on the landmark Born Alive Infant Protection Act of 2002 authored by Steve Chabot by adding important enforcement provisions.
      

    "Tragically, President Obama—the Abortion President—has vowed to veto this pro-child, human rights legislation, a position that is extreme, anti-child, inhumane and indefensible."

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