Thu Jan 12, 2023 – 6:45 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — During a U.S. House of Representatives meeting this week, a Democrat argued against pro-life legislation using a passage from the Bible to defend herself.
Hillary Scholten, who is beginning her first term representing Michigan’s third congressional district, spoke out against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, or H.R. 26, which was passed by the House on Wednesday.
The legislation states that babies who survive botched abortions must be recognized as “a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States and entitled to all the protections of such laws.” It also mandates that medical professionals treat these children as they would treat other newborns who did not survive attempted abortions.
“I rise today in support of parental and maternal rights and in opposition to H.R. 26,” Scholten began her comments. “I recently shared publicly about my own experience navigating a complex miscarriage and the loss of my daughter. As a pro-choice Christian who chose life, this issue is so personal to me.”
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“My faith informs my actions, but it doesn’t dictate the policy of an entire nation,” she continued. “And
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