National Democrats blocked the Born Alive Bill, which would have required that physicians give the same care to babies born alive after failed abortion attempts that they're mandated to give to other newborns.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-to-vote-on-born-alive-bill-to-protect-infants-who-survive-a-failed-abortion
That bill was a response to the New York law recently passed by Democrats that repealed that requirement, with a push for similar laws in other states, including Virginia, where the Democratic governor (of "blackface" infamy) indicated in an interview that whether to keep a newborn baby alive would be determined by the woman and doctors.
https://gvwire.com/2019/02/05/opinion-new-york-abortion-law-allows-infanticide/
The NY law also allows abortions even during the process of birth, expanding the old "life" of the patient exception to ultra-late term abortions to include "or health". The relevant case law defines "health" to include emotional, familial, and even financial concerns. Like "medical" marijuana, it's a loophole designed to be abused. A joke. Basically any pregnancy can be terminated at any time under these laws, and if the baby survives the attempt she can be allowed to die.
In a sickening display, Cuomo ordered the World Trace Center to be lit up pink to celebrate the bill. A party that once argued abortion should be "safe, legal, and rare", now uses public resources to celebrate its expansion.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/01/23/gov-andrew-cuomo-ordered-the-wtc-lit-up-in-pink-to-celebrate-the-legalization-of-late-term-abortions/
The law also repeals the law treating killing an unborn child by assaulting a pregnant woman as a homicide. Pretending a law that diminishes the crime of assaulting women in the worst way is somehow a triumph for women is mindboggling.
Then there's Peter Singer, chief Princeton bioethicist whose radical views will likely represent the mainstream left in a few decades without a trajectory change. He's a green activist who realized the Pro Life argument is scientifically and logically correct, but was so committed to clinging to his Pro Choice position that instead of abandoning it he developed a new ethical system that drops any principle of the sanctity of human life and values life entirely by perceived sentience level. He’s been advocating for parents’ right to commit infanticide for years, and even small children up to a certain age, as he values them less than certain animals, especially, but not only, if they’re mentally impaired.
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