Emotional debate in House Appropriations Committee as pregnant GOP congresswoman recounts personal story.
By Erica Werner Erica Werner Congressional reporter focusing on economic policy Email Bio Follow May 8 at 3:34 PM The House Appropriations Committee defeated a GOP effort Wednesday to impose new requirements related to babies born alive after attempted abortions, after emotional debate featuring a pregnant GOP congresswoman and her personal story.
Herrera Beutler discussed her pregnancy with her first child, Abigail, now 6, who was born without her kidneys but is doing well. She said she was urged by multiple health-care providers to end that pregnancy, finally finding a doctor who would follow her wishes to carry the baby to term. “This amendment is a ruse, a ruse to ban safe and legal abortion in the United States,” said Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro , who chairs the appropriations subcommittee on Health and Human Services. “That a woman could have an abortion as she gives birth is flat-out untrue, it is simply not how medicine works.”
The amendment vote came as the Appropriations Committee debated a mammoth $190 billion spending bill for HHS, Education, Labor and other related agencies. It includes other hot-button provisions related to abortion, guns and other issues, and debate was expected to continue into the evening.
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