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Reasonable Faith Podcast

Born Alive Legislation

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade, Dr. Craig is encouraged by new legislation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Music

0:12.0

Build a 50th anniversary of the Roby Way decision, the March for Life, just occurred.

0:19.0

I know that this is something that's well near and dear to your heart and something that you're very passionate about.

0:26.0

Yes, it's amazing isn't it, that 50 years, 50 years after that decision, it's finally been overturned.

0:36.0

And the March for Life in Washington this year could be a real celebration rather than simply a protest.

0:45.0

It's wonderful to think that this horrible blight upon our nation has finally been overturned.

0:53.0

One of the things I know that really got your attention is this legislation that was passed by House Republicans requiring that doctors care for infants born alive after failed abortions.

1:07.0

And in one of the greatest ironies in my opinion, this headline from National Review says Democrats cite infants well being an arguing against the born alive abortion survivor bill.

1:23.0

And as we'll see in this article, some Democrats argued that this legislation poses a threat to the infants that the legislation seeks to protect.

1:35.0

What are some of the details of this legislation bill as you've ascertained?

1:40.0

Well, the so-called born alive abortion survivors protection act requires that treatment be administered to babies who survive botched abortions.

1:53.0

The baby is not in fact killed but is delivered alive.

1:58.0

And so under this bill, the healthcare practitioners who witness a child's birth after a failed abortion are mandated to perform life saving professional care, skill and diligence and to ensure that the child is transported and admitted to a hospital afterwards.

2:22.0

If the birth took place outside of one, any medical employee of a hospital, a physician's office or an abortion clinic who has a knowledge of a physician's negligence to provide care must report the case.

2:42.0

So this seems to me, Kevin, to just be common sense. It should go without saying that of course medical care should be given instantly to a baby born alive after a failed abortion.

2:58.0

Yeah, some abortion fanatics oppose this bill because in fact they're in favor of infanticide, many have argued that the newly delivered infant may be allowed to simply perish on the operating table, just ignore it, let it alone and let it die.

3:21.0

And I find this just morally unconscionable.

3:25.0

I've read so many accounts of that that it was just put on a table.

3:30.0

I did read several accounts of nurses who cannot stand this and will literally put the child in a closet and close the door so that they can hear the cries.

3:42.0

And I know that that's that's tough to hear, but that's what this legislation is seeking to address it seems.

3:49.0

We have an article here from National Review by Caroline Downey, according now she says on the house floor, democratic representative Suzanne Bonamichi called the born alive bill extremist, dangerous and unnecessary, democratic house whip, Catherine Clark said that the name of the bill was deliberately misleading and offensive to the women who face pregnancy complications and the doctors and nurses who provide.

4:18.0

The bill is also not based on science.

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