×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Friday
06
Mar 2026
weather symbol
Athens 16°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

210 Democrats voted against providing immediate medical assistance to babies who survive abortion

Democrats said the bill would interfere with families' medical decisions

Newsroom January 13 01:15

Nearly every House Democrat on Wednesday voted against legislation that would require immediate medical attention for babies who are born alive after an attempt was made to abort them.

The House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which says any infant born alive after an attempted abortion is a “legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States.” Doctors would be required to care for those infants as a “reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive.”

The bill passed 220-210, and all 210 of the “no” votes came from Democrats. Only one Democrat voted for the bill — Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas — and one other Democrat, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, voted “present.”

See Also:

Greece to extend Evros fence by 35km

>Related articles

“We warn that a similar incident must not be repeated,” says Erdogan on the missile launched from Iran

The Revolutionary Guards claim they struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with drones

Between two homelands: “I’m afraid for my children,” says Israeli-Iranian Efrat

Following that level of care, doctors would be required admit those infants to a hospital for further care. Any violation of this standard would result in fines and imprisonment for up to five years, or both.

Republicans argued on the floor that comments from Virginia’s former Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam are an example of why the law needs to be clarified to protect newborn infants who survive abortions. Northam was talking about third-trimester abortions and appeared to indicate support for delivering babies that might still be alive before taking their life outside the womb.

Read more: Fox News

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#abortion#babies#Democrats#ideology#Liberals#politics#shame#usa#world
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Chrysochoidis: ‘Suspects with ties to Iran are being monitored in Greece’

March 6, 2026

Donald Trump: Removed Kristi Noem, Interior Secretary linked to the killing of two citizens in Minneapolis

March 6, 2026

Markos Vafeiadis: From Aristomenis Mitsotakis to Commander in the Civil War – 34 years after his death, and the unknown facets of his life

March 6, 2026

How police tracked down a 16-year-old counterfeiter in Katerini after he posted videos using cloned ATM cards

March 6, 2026

Israel killed Khamenei in precision missile strike after deception operation

March 6, 2026

Sirens once again at Cape in Cyprus – Residents requested to stay indoors – New alerts in Dubai and Israel (updated)

March 6, 2026

“We warn that a similar incident must not be repeated,” says Erdogan on the missile launched from Iran

March 5, 2026

The Revolutionary Guards claim they struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with drones

March 5, 2026
All News

> Culture

Photos of the execution in Kaisariani and all the historical documents presented by the Ministry of Culture

The competent ministry, in cooperation with the Greek Embassy in Belgium, received a total of 262 photographs

March 5, 2026

The tragic love story hidden in a 19th-century painting – Why the public can see it only two hours a week

March 5, 2026

Delacroix’s iconic painting on the Greek War of Independence to be displayed in Greece

March 5, 2026

Study reveals prehistoric europeans had surprisingly complex cooking traditions

March 5, 2026

Record amount for a silver medal from the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, surpasses $180,000

March 3, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα