Abortion

Protecting Innocent Babies from Infanticide Is Necessary, Common-Sense Legislation, Says Bishop Daniel Thomas

“Babies are being left to die after failed abortions – denied care and basic human compassion"

Pope Francis greets Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio (right), during a meeting with U.S. bishops from Ohio and Michigan making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican December 10, 2019.
Pope Francis greets Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio (right), during a meeting with U.S. bishops from Ohio and Michigan making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican December 10, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
WASHINGTON – [On Thursday], the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.21), while the Senate failed to overcome the 60-vote procedural threshold for its version (S.6). “The House of Representatives took decisive action to protect innocent babies from infanticide,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities. “Babies are being left to die after failed abortions – denied care and basic human compassion. It is a stunning failure of the Senate to reject this necessary, common-sense legislation – which, in reality, does not even limit abortion but protects infants who are born alive,” he added. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require health care providers to give children born alive after an attempted abortion the same medical care that they would for any child born at that same gestational age and to transport them to a hospital. Currently, denying these infants care and leaving them alone to die – unlike a direct action of killing – is often not adequately covered by state laws, leaving a critical gap in needed protection. On Tuesday, Bishop Thomas sent a letter to Congress, urging members to vote for the bill. His letter may be read here.
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