Note: Mo Brooks Press Release

November 17, 2021 - Washington, DC— Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) has cosponsored key pro-life bills to protect America’s unborn babies from the Grim Reaper.

Congressman Brooks said, “Socialist Democrats’ radical, pro-abortion position has shifted from ‘safe, legal, and rare’[1] to, in some places, pro-infanticide.[2] Their extreme position is repulsive and denies science that has confirmed that human life begins at conception. I’m fighting for the unborn in Congress because the unborn can’t fight for themselves.”

Brooks continued, “America is one of only seven countries worldwide that allows abortions after 20 weeks. That puts America in the same category as notorious human rights abusers China and North Korea— not where we want to be. It’s time to implement protections for unborn babies in America.”

Brooks concluded, “The Socialist Democrats’ radical, anti-life position ignores the will of the American people. According to Marist polling in January 2021, 65% of Americans support the Constitution and states’ rights by allowing individual states to make abortion laws consistent with each state’s values. Further, that same poll reveals that 76% of Americans support significant restrictions on abortion. Further, polls show that 55% of Americans oppose abortion after 5 months and 79% of Americans oppose abortion after 7 months.”[3]

Pro-life bills Congressman Brooks has cosponsored in the 117th Congress:

• HR 2223, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act- Makes it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to facilitate the minor's abortion, from a state where the parent's consent would be required to one where it would not.
• HR 1080, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act- Illegalizes aborting a child of 20 weeks are older, the age at which science has proven unborn babies can feel the pain of being aborted.
• HR 1011, Life at Conception Act- Asserts that the constitutional right to life applies beginning at conception, with all the protections that personhood entails.
• HR 877, Sanctity of Human Life Act- Asserts that the right to personhood begins at conception and must be upheld by the state and territorial governments.
• HR 619, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act- Mandates proper medical treatment and legal protections for any infant who survives and is born during or after an abortion procedure.
• HR 581, Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2021- Mandates state reporting of certain abortion statistics (age of mother, age of the fetus, abortion type, etc.) to the CDC, which is currently voluntary and has no unified national standard.
• HR 554, SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2021- Bans the FDA from approving new abortion drugs, mandates that any abortion drugs already on the market be only given through prescription, and bans them from being prescribed for pregnancies over 10 weeks old.
• HR 541, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2021- Bans any federal funds from being used for Planned Parenthood for the year 2021 and redirects funds previously allotted to women's health centers.
• HR 243, Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act- Bans the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding family planning grants to abortion providers.
• HR 18, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2021- Bans any federal funds, subsidies, or facilities from covering or facilitating an abortion. This includes federally provided health insurance.

[1] Lifenews.com, “Obama Uses "Safe, Legal and Rare" Term in Answering Question on Abortion,” September 28, 2010, Steven Ertelt, https://www.lifenews.com/2010/09/28/nat-6734/.

[2] CBS News, “Virginia governor under fire for comments on late-term abortion bill,” JANUARY 31, 2019, Kathryn Watson, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-abortion-bill-proposed-by-kathy-tran-third-trimester-today-2019-01-30/.

[3] Susan B. Anthony List, “Where do Americans Stand on Abortion?,” https://www.sba-list.org/polling#late-term.
Source :Congressman Mo Brooks