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| Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) Credit: Charles Edward Miller / Flickr |
The cloture vote (the vote to end debate) ended 53-44 for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and 56-41 on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. A minimum of 60 votes was required to end the democrat-led filibuster. The votes were mostly along party lines, with notable Illinois Democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth siding to block final votes.
These bills, while unlikely to pass the House of Representatives, would be crucial legislation to protect unborn life in the United States. It is disappointing that partisan politics divides politicians too much to even call these bills to a vote. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act does not even limit abortions. It simply ensures that children born alive despite an attempted abortion will receive the same level of medical care as babies born under normal circumstances.
While it is more predictable that pro-abortion advocates would block the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, that does not make it any less acceptable that they would do so. Pro-lifers need to ensure that pro-life politicians are sent to Washington in the upcoming election and hold them accountable so that they make the protection of ALL life a priority.
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