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With their stance on infanticide bill, do Democrats show a death wish?

By Quin Hillyer

Published February 26, 2019 7:56pm ET

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With their stance on infanticide bill, do Democrats show a death wish? — Oklahoma state Senator Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, left, debates with Oklahoma state Sen. Greg Treat, R- Oklahoma City, President Pro Tempore, right, on the best way to ban abortion in Oklahoma during a Senate committee meeting Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Oklahoma City. | (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

An ordinary human conscience should have difficulty even processing the fact that 44 Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a bill that would protect newborn infants from being killed or subjected to negligent homicide should they survive an attempted abortion.

Yes, as a side note, polling indicates Democrats might suffer politically from their callousness.

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