Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that Democrats have no reason to block a move by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., to call up legislation requiring that babies born alive during abortions receive medical care.

Sasse plans to bring up the measure under rules that would allow any senator to block consideration. His effort comes a week after the Virginia legislature defeated a third-trimester abortion bill.

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