Here Are The Two Republicans Who Voted Against Protecting Unborn Babies After 20 Weeks
Mary Margaret Olohan
Social Issues Reporter
February 25, 2020 5:53 PM ET
Senators voted Tuesday on both the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
As expected, Republicans failed to muster the needed 60 votes to pass each bill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed the divisive bills to spur conservative enthusiasm by forcing Democrats to pick a side on issues like infanticide.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats Tuesday against protecting unborn babies after 20 weeks.
Both Collins and Murkowski voted with Democrats against the Republican-backed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, while Democratic Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Doug Jones of Alabama voted with Republicans on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
2020 Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts did not vote on either bill.
As expected, Senate Republicans did not muster the needed 60 votes Tuesday to pass the pain-capable act, a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks and sponsored by Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Senate Republicans also did not muster the 60 needed votes to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill protecting babies born alive through botched abortions sponsored by Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse.
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