The Senate is expected to vote tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, February 25) on both the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 3275) and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311).
ACTION REQUEST
Please urge Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey to fully support both of these bills. Calls and electronic messages are requested.
Use this Legislator Contact Link (also located at the top of this message) to get additional contact information for both senators.
Sen. Toomey is a cosponsor of both of these bills.
BACKGROUND
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 3275) extends protection to unborn children who are at least 20 weeks beyond fertilization. There is abundant evidence that by this point in development (and probably earlier), the unborn child has the capacity to experience excruciating pain during typical abortion procedures.
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311) contains an explicit requirement that a baby born alive during an abortion must be afforded "the same degree" of care that would apply to any other child born who is spontaneously born prematurely, including transportation to a hospital.
