SJR 60

SJR60 191501-1 By Senators Hightower, Glover, Orr, Holley, Chambliss, Shelnutt, Williams, Waggoner, Stutts, Scofield, Bussman, Sanford, Blackwell, Pittman, Marsh and Reed RFD: First Read: 13-FEB-18 191501-1:n:02/12/2018:DSM/tj LSA2018-792 DISAPPROVING THE VOTE OF U.S. SENATOR DOUG JONES ON THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT. WHEREAS, The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36) which the U.S. Senate recently voted upon would have provided nationwide protection from abortion for unborn children who are capable of feeling pain, beginning at 20 weeks fetal age; and WHEREAS, only three months ago, Democratic candidate for Senate, Doug Jones, when attempting to persuade conservative and moderate voters in Alabama to vote for him stated "the law for decades has been that late-term procedures are generally restricted except in the case of medical necessity. That's what I support"; and WHEREAS, it was later revealed that pro-abortion individuals and political groups from out-of-state funneled enormous amounts of financial and other support into Alabama to influence the Doug Jones campaign; and WHEREAS, even though The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would have passed because a majority of Senators supported it, and President Trump said he would sign it, pro abortion forces in the Senate used procedural tactics to stop the vote, with Jones as a Senator from Alabama voting to kill this important bill; and WHEREAS, some Democratic Senators in the Senate refused to take the extreme position to kill such a common sense bill, and supported the passage of H.R. 36; and WHEREAS, The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was fashioned from several states' bills, which passed by overwhelming margins, including a similar bill in Alabama; and WHEREAS, the abortions performed in the second half of pregnancy usually involve painfully dismembering babies, while also posing serious dangers to his or her mother; and WHEREAS, Doug Jones is from one of the strongest pro-life states, yet disregarded the clear wishes of the people of Alabama, and instead joined his vote with the most extreme pro-abortion Senators to allow this horrific practice; and WHEREAS, a vote to allow the brutal killing of an unborn child at this stage is unmistakably revulsive to the values of a so-called civilized and compassionate society, is obviously violent to children, many of whom can survive outside the womb, and devalues the value of every life in America; and WHEREAS, the United States is one of only seven countries that allows abortions beyond 20-weeks; the other six nations include: North Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada and the Netherlands; and WHEREAS, opinion polls consistently show that an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose late-term abortions including a majority of those who self-identify as pro-choice; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That Doug Jones' vote to block protection of countless thousands of lives from a terribly painful death is unacceptable and this body strongly disapproves his departure from the values of this state and his vote on this important issue. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the members of this body who are representative of the overwhelming majority of the people of Alabama, call on Doug Jones to cast votes in the future to protect innocent human life from conception until natural death.