EXCLUSIVE — Former Gov.
Nikki Haley
(R-SC) issued an impassioned plea to
Congress
on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to vote to protect infants who are
born alive
during abortion procedures.
“This shouldn’t be political. This shouldn’t be partisan. This shouldn’t be up for debate. There should be no question, any child born alive should receive the care they need to survive,” a spokesperson for Haley told the Washington Examiner.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will vote on the reintroduced
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
. Led by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), a large group of Republican co-sponsors revived the bill, which would recognize infants who are born alive in the process of an abortion as a “legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws.”
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Practitioners would further be required to treat the infants “as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.”
Those found to have intentionally killed or attempted to kill an infant who was born alive would be punished for murder.
The former governor additionally called on politicians in Congress to vote to condemn attacks on anti-abortion facilities, groups, and churches. A proposed resolution would condemn the increase in attacks on anti-abortion organizations that was seen after the overturn of Roe v. Wade last summer.
“Every single member of the House should stand against violence directed against organizations whose purpose is to help women and babies. Let’s hope we see that in the votes today,” Haley’s spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
Haley, who also served as ambassador to the United Nations under former President Donald Trump, has worked toward protecting the lives of unborn children over the course of her political career.
In 2012, she signed a bill ensuring that infants born alive during abortions were not treated as medical waste. “I’m not pro-life because I’m Republican,” she said at the bill signing. “And I think it’s important that people know that.”
“I’m pro-life because I had trouble having both my children, and I’m blessed every day to see their faces. I am pro-life because my husband was adopted, and I am blessed because his life was saved. That’s why I believe what I believe.”
“And when you’ve experienced things like that, it’s not a partisan thing. It’s not a man thing, it’s not a woman thing, it’s not, you know, a political event, which is what upsets me when this becomes political. This is just about appreciating life and feeling the blessings of God,” she explained.
Later, in 2016, she signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a 19-week abortion ban.
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Haley is considered a likely 2024 presidential candidate, alongside former Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). However, she has yet to confirm the possibility of a presidential bid. Former President Donald Trump threw his hat back into the ring for 2024 right after the 2022 midterm elections, in which his endorsed candidates performed worse than expected.
