Woman Who Survived Being Aborted: I'm "Living Proof" Born-Alive Act Is Necessary

Lisa Bourne : Feb 28, 2019
LifeSiteNews.com

"You know, I have great hope because we have great Republican legislators who are committed to life. The president is so committed to life, and really, our nation is full of people who identify as being pro-life and are wanting to do something about it." -Melissa Ohden

(Washington, DC)—[Lifesitenews.com] Abortion survivor Melissa Ohden was not surprised that Democrats in the US Senate blocked the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, saying the Dems are willing to sacrifice the lives of people such as her to protect abortion on-demand. (Screengrab image: Melissa Ohden on Fox and Friends Feb. 26, 2019/via LifeSiteNews)

Ohden told the Fox & Friends program Tuesday she was outside the Senate chamber when the vote took place.

"I was disappointed," she said. "I still am today but I'm certainly not surprised."

"I think the Democrats who voted last night against this bill really showed us that they're willing to sacrifice lives like mine to keep abortion-on-demand right there," Ohden stated.

The Senate had voted Monday 53-44 in favor of the measure that would have ensured medical care for children born alive after failed abortions, but the Act needed 60 votes to pass.

The legislation said that "any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive shall exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age."

It provided for fines and jail time for violations by health care practitioners, and exempted the child's mother from penalty.

The bill was a response to radical legislation expanding abortion that's been proposed and passed in recent months in various states, a move to protect abortion at the state level if Roe v. Wade were to be repealed by the US Supreme Court.

Further highlighting the need for the bill was Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's casual defense in comments last month of leaving a newborn child to die after the child survived a failed abortion should that be the decision established between parents and doctors.

The big abortion industry had lied constantly about the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, the bill's author Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) told Fox News Monday, showing how desperate abortion activists are about preserving abortion.

Democrats tried to obscure the issue from the Senate floor as well, Sasse said... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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