WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott issued the below statement ahead of the Senate’s vote to advance radical legislation authorizing abortion on demand until birth.

Senator Rick Scott said, “Today, Senate Democrats are going to try to advance some of the most dangerous and radical pro-abortion legislation considered in Congress. It really should be called the Abortion On Demand Until Birth Act because this bill will allow unborn babies to be killed at any time for any reason, and will make it impossible for any legislature to pass laws that protect the sanctity of life and help unborn children. As Governor of Florida, I was proud to sign pro-life legislation and protect the unborn, but now radical leftists are leading an assault on human dignity and on pro-life state laws, and are trying to force their evil and inhumane agenda on the entire country. Here is an indisputable fact: abortion kills innocent children. To deny that is to deny science. Every child is created in the image of God and deserves to be welcomed with open and loving arms. The Senate must defeat this and every other attack on the unborn.”

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