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Monday the Senate voted on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill, brought forth by sometimes-Republican Senator Ben Sasse, would have required any healthcare practitioner present to provide reasonable care to any infant born alive as a result of a botched abortion.

The bill would have also required doctors to secure transportation and admittance for the infant to the nearest hospital. The mother would have been exempt from prosecution under the bill, although healthcare practitioners failing to provide reasonable care could have faced up to five years in prison.

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was voted down 53-44. Every single Democrat presidential hopeful-Kamala Harris, Corey “Spartacus” Booker, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren-voted against the bill, which had been blasted as a “PR stunt” by Democrats.

Democrats refused to protect infants that were born alive as a result of a botched abortion. In other words, Democrats came down firmly in favor of infanticide.

President Trump was not happy, and he let the baby-killing Democrats have it with both barrels Monday evening.

Senate Democrats just voted against legislation to prevent the killing of newborn infant children. The Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2019

….This will be remembered as one of the most shocking votes in the history of Congress. If there is one thing we should all agree on, it’s protecting the lives of innocent babies. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2019

Ben Sasse created the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the wake of the uproar caused by Virginia Democrat Delegate Kathy Tran proposing a bill that would allow abortion up to and including 40 weeks. When asked if her bill would allow a mother to have an abortion as she was going into labor, Tran responded that it would.

Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam infamously defended Tran’s bill on a local radio show at the height of the controversy. Northam created his own firestorm when he indicated that a baby born alive as the result of a botched abortion would be made comfortable while doctors had a discussion on whether or not to kill the baby.

The backlash from pro-life groups and Republicans was swift and immediate. The uproar was so bad that Tran was forced to pull the bill from consideration, and several petitions circulated to have her removed from office.

Virginia wasn’t the only state to propose such radical pro-abortion legislation, however. New York recently passed a sweeping abortion bill that was essentially the same as Tran’s legislation. Illinois’ proposed “Reproductive Health Act” would also legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

Several other states have also set the stage for bitter legislative battles involving abortion this year as well.

The Democrat party seems to think that pandering to its extreme, left-wing base when it comes to abortion will lead to big election gains in 2020. A new Marist poll, however, found that Americans are evenly split on the question of abortion. Nearly 47% of Americans today now identify as pro-choice. The exact same percentage also identifies as pro-life.

This is the first time since 2009 that Americans have been equally split between pro-life and pro-choice.

The new polling represents a shockingly rapid shift in American’s opinions on abortion. Just last month a similar Marist survey found that most Americans were pro-choice at 55%-38%. The recent polling indicates a 17 point shift in a matter of a few weeks.

Perhaps even more shocking is that it seems to be Democrats that are leading this shift in attitudes. Last month Marist found that 20% of Democrats under 45 identified as pro-life while 75% identified as pro-choice. This month nearly 34% of Democrats identify as pro-life while 61% identify as pro-choice.

Young Americans have become more pro-life in general as well. This month’s Marist poll showed 47% of Americans under 45 identify as pro-life versus 48% that identify as pro-choice. Last month 28% identified as pro-life and 65% identified as pro-choice.

Marist also found that 80% of all Americans want abortion limited to the first trimester. This is an increase of 5 points over last month’s polling.

This means that the abortion-through-birth policies being touted as “groundbreaking women’s health care” by the Democrat party are insanely unpopular with the American public. Even worse, these policies are rapidly becoming unpopular with Democrats themselves. Yet the Democrat party continues to push radical abortion bills that only appeal to the most extreme fringes of American society.

This leaves Republicans with a golden opportunity to further drive a wedge between the Democrats’ extreme left-wing base, and the more center-left majority. You can bet that President Trump will take every opportunity to remind the American public that the Democrat party is now firmly in favor of infanticide.