Richmond, Virginia
Catholic senator votes against abortion survival bill
Catholic bishops in Virginia have said they are “outraged” at the vote of a Catholic senator which helped block the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Bill in the US Senate last week. The bill, which would have protected babies who survive a late abortion, was described as “extremely misleading” and “unjustified and unnecessary” by Senator Tim Kaine.
“We are dismayed and outraged that Virginia’s US Senators Warner and Kaine voted against this critical lifesaving legislation,” said Bishops Barry Knestout of Richmond and Michael Burbidge of Arlington. “That this bill did not pass unanimously – let alone pass at all – is appalling and beyond comprehension.”
