FRC Action

Sponsored by Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019 (S. 109) would permanently codify the Hyde Amendment across government programs to prohibit federal funds from paying for elective abortion and health care plans that include elective abortion coverage. This vote was on the motion to proceed to the bill.

(Failed 01/17/2019, 48 yeas to 47 nays, Roll Call No. 7)

FRC Action Supported this Bill.

Sponsored by Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.), the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311) would require a health care practitioner to provide life-saving medical care to a baby born alive who survives an attempted abortion. This vote was on the motion to proceed to the bill.

(Failed 02/25/2019, 53 yeas to 44 nays, Roll Call No. 27)

FRC Action Supported this Bill.