Ben Sasse: We Love Because They're Babies

This week, the US Senate failed to protect unborn children who can feel pain.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would’ve banned abortions after 20 weeks, failed to overcome a Democrat filibuster on a 51–46 final vote.

Yesterday, Senator Ben Sasse, a cosponsor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, gave a moving speech urging his colleagues to protect unborn children who can feel pain. He stated:

We all start in the same place: vulnerable and dependent in every way. We all ooh and aah over sonogram pictures of our children, our grandchildren, our nieces, our nephews–even sonogram pictures from a stranger on a bus or plane. We all ooh and aah in the same way.

When we look at those pictures, we love. We love. We don’t have to be taught this. You don’t have to be conditioned to love. You don’t have to be conditioned to know that we should help the vulnerable. This isn’t because of economics. This isn’t because of politics. We love, because they’re babies. You don’t need anyone to explain this to you. Every one of us have experienced this when you’ve seen the sonogram pictures.

But we should note that this love is not just a feeling. It’s also built on and backed up by facts. As we consider whether these unborn babies, having been carried by their mamas for almost five months, as we consider whether they deserve legal protection, whether they deserve our protection, we should think, too, about the science and what is becoming clearer year by year and month by month.

While we are disappointed, the culture of life is a movement propelled by love that continues to grow. Thank you to Nebraska Senators Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse for your pro-life votes to protect the unborn.

We won’t stop working until every human life is given the protection they deserve.