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On Friday, every U.S. Senate Democrat voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill meant to ensure that babies born alive during attempted abortions receive life-saving treatment. Every Senate Republican, except for one who did not vote, was in favor of passage.
The National Right to Life Committee, the nation’s oldest anti-abortion organization, estimates that 63,459,781 abortions have taken place since abortion was deemed a fundamental right by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.
Being a Christian, the Bible considers a fetus to be an unborn child, a planned human being that God is forming from the moment of conception. I believe a mother who decides to abort her child is unilaterally making a decision to end another person’s life — and that is and always has been the definition of murder.
Melvin Partido Sr.
Pearl City
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