“Defined by Evil”: Catholic Clergy, Others Torch Dems for Refusing to Protect Babies Born Alive

The House recently voted on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill meant to clarify the legal status of babies born alive despite an abortion attempt, making it clear that they are infants and must be treated as such. Specifically, the bill provides that an infant born alive is a “legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States.” Additionally, the bill provides doctors must care for those infants in the same manner that a “reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive.”

Fortunately for infants, the House Republicans rallied behind the bill and passed it on a nearly party-line vote, with the bill passing 220-210. All 210 of the “no” votes came from Democrats. The only Democrat that voted “yes” was Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. One other Democrat, also from Texas, voted “present.”

Catholic clergy around the nation sounded off on Democrats for refusing to support the bill. Michael Burbidge, the Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington, TX, for example, said “We commend the House of Representatives for passing legislation to protect innocent children from infanticide, and urge the Senate to follow suit.” He added that “Babies who are born alive during the process of an abortion deserve compassionate care and medical attention – just the same as any other newborn baby.”

Similarly, Bishop Joseph Strickland said “The moral corruption on display here is devastating for this nation. How can we hope for peace when elected officials have such a blatant disregard for the sanctity of life? To be silent in the face of this evil is to be complicit with this evil. We must say NO!”

Joining those southern bishops was one from the Northeast, Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Speaking on the matter, he said:

“To members of Congress who voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act — you just voted against giving basic medical care to a struggling newborn child. How heartless, barbaric and cruel. Shame on you.”

And it wasn’t just members of the clergy who were upset with how Democrats voted on the bill. Joining them were other pro-life activists and individuals.

One such individual was Eric Scheidler He is the director of Pro-Life Action League and he told Fox News Digital in a statement that “Yesterday’s vote chillingly reveals how deep in the tank the Congressional Democrats are for Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. They aren’t even willing to provide help to a tiny baby who survives a failed abortion, because that shows too clearly how every single abortion violently ends the life of an innocent human being.” Continuing, he added that “These abortion survivors have to be sacrificed to protect the right to kill unborn babies.”

Also outraged was Hugh Brown, the executive vice president of American Life League. He, in a statement to Fox News Digital, said:

“Nancy Pelosi stated today, ‘Instead of joining Democrats to condemn all political violence, the House GOP chose to push their extreme anti-choice agenda.’ The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act says that any infant born alive following an abortion attempt or who survives the abortion is a ‘legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States’…

“American Life League applauds Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat horde for finally speaking publicly about the evil truth that they so rarely speak. The truth is that Democrats believe that a child born in any circumstance that they consider an inconvenience is political violence. To a Democrat, a baby’s life is violence. How sickly ironic…

“Democrats have always enthusiastically supported the murder of babies through abortion. This evil practice lines Democratic pockets and funds their selfish lifestyles through the unlimited financial support and donations from blood-lusting groups like Planned Parenthood and the self-proclaimed worldly elite. What will it take for the good people of this nation to wake up and vote out those whose very existence is defined by evil? America is better than this, and it’s time her people woke up.”