Washington, D.C. – Liberty Counsel Action is currently educating legislators on Capitol Hill regarding the need for including 10 specific pro-life provisions in the fiscal year 2020 budget. These provisions include the following:
Hyde Amendment (prevents tax dollars from paying for abortions outside of Medicaid)
Weldon Amendment (protects religious healthcare providers from state discrimination)
Conscience Protection Act (protects religious medical staff from being forced to conduct abortion procedures)
Coats-Snowe (protects medical students from being forced to learn how to perform abortions)
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ban
NIH Human-Animal Chimera Funding Ban
Stop funding for research using aborted fetal tissue
Since Republicans introduced the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, there has been a surge in pro-life sentiment among both Democrat and Republican voters. In just one month, the number of people who identify as pro-life increased 17 percentage points between January and February of 2019. Previously, the numbers from this same Marist poll had seen little to no change over the past 10 years.
Democrats under age 45 who identify as pro-life increased from 20 percent to 34 percent.
Just 28 percent of Americans under 45 years old identified as pro-life in January, but that number increased to 47 percent the next month.
Americans under age 45 in favor of abortion decreased from 65 percent to 48 percent in the same timeframe.
"Protecting a living newborn infant is not about being pro-life. It is about being compassionate toward a human," said Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action, "Already we are seeing the powerful and dangerous consequences of these 44 U.S. Senators who voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, thus leaving infants to die. When will our nation come to its senses?" said Staver.
Liberty Counsel Action created a video discussing the actions of forty-four U.S. Democrat Senators who voted on February 25, 2019 against a bill to protect newborn infants. Bill S.311 would have provided equal medical care for newborns even if their mothers did not want them. Since that bill failed, the Illinois legislature has been considering a bill that will legalize infanticide. Known as the Reproductive Health Act, HB 2495 defines and allows “abortion” as the use of anything “with an intention other than ... to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth.” Below is a complete list of the U.S. Senators who blocked these protections nationally:
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) 202-224-4521 orContact Form
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) 202-224-3841 Contact Form
Kamala Harris (D-CA) 202-224-3553 or Contact Form
Michael Bennet (D-CO) 202-224-5852 or Contact Form
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) 202-224-2823 or Contact Form
Chris Murphy (D-CT) 202-224-4041 or Contact Form (use Woman’s Issues)
Tom Carper (D-DE) 202-224-2441 or Contact Form
Chris # (D-DE) 202-224-5042 or Contact Form
Mazie Hirono (D-HI) 202-224-6361 or Contact Form
Brian Schatz (D-HI) 202-224-3934 or Contact Form
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) 202-224-2854 or Contact Form
Dick Durbin (D-IL) 202-224-2152 or Contact Form
Angus King (I-ME) 202-224-5344 or Contact Form
Ben Cardin (D-MD) 202-224-4524 or Contact Form
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) 202-224-4654 or Contact Form
Ed Markey (D-MA) 202-224-2742 or Contact Form
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 202-224-4543 or Contact Form
Gary Peters (D-MI) 202-224-6221 or Contact Form
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 202-224-4822 or Contact Form
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 202-224-3244 or Contact Form
Tina Smith (D-MN) 202-224-5641 or Contact Form
Jon Tester (D-MT) 202-224-2644 or Contact Form
Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV) 202-224-3542 or Contact Form
Jacky Rosen (D-NV) 202-224-6244 or Contact Form
Maggie Hassan (D-NH) 202-224-3324 or Contact Form
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) 202-224-2841 or Contact Form
Cory Booker (D-NJ) 202-224-3224 or Contact Form
Bob Menendez (D-NJ) 202-224-4744 or Contact Form
Martin Heinrich (D-NM) 202-224-5521 or Contact Form
Tom Udall (D-NM) 202-224-6621 or Contact Form
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 202-224-4451 or Contact Form
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) 202-224-6542 or Contact Form
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 202-224-2315 or Contact Form
Jeff Merkley (D-OR) 202-224-3753 or Contact Form
Ron Wyden (D-OR) 202-224-5244 or Contact Form
Jack Reed (D-RI) 202-224-4642 or Contact Form
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) 202-224-2921 or Contact Form
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 202-224-4242 or Contact Form
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 202-224-5141 or Contact Form
Tim Kaine (D-VA) 202-224-4024 or Contact Form
Mark Warner (D-VA) 202-224-2023 or Contact Form
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 202-224-3441 or Contact Form
Patty Murray (D-WA) 202-224-2621 or Contact Form
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 202-224-5653 or Contact Form
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