Daines Condemns Senate Democrats for Blocking Bill to Stop Infanticide
February 25, 2019
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today condemned Senate Democrats for blocking the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill would make it federal law that born-alive babies who survive abortions must be treated the same as every other living baby – with dignity. The vote to proceed to the bill, requiring 60 votes to pass, failed 53-44. “It is unconscionable that Senate Democrats voted to make it legal in the U.S. to kill or neglect a baby who was born alive,” Daines said. “Infanticide is not, and should not be, a partisan issue. I will continue to fight to respect the dignity of every