Top highlights from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing: Spiritual battle, divine purpose, missing children

3. Democrat senator promotes late-term abortion
At the end of the hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., recalled conversations he purportedly had with OB-GYN doctors in his state about “what is almost always happening when a late-term abortion is needed.”
He claimed that late-term abortions happen in cases of “a childbirth gone wrong,” where “the family has painted the room, it has bought the crib, maybe even decided on the baby’s name and has gone to the hospital to welcome the new baby” only for the situation to deteriorate.
“Then the alarms started pinging, the lights started flashing, the medical professionals started rushing in and the question became, ‘Who lives and who dies?’” he said. Whitehouse maintained that in situations like this, “The mom’s life is often at risk and she may have other children she needs to care for” while “the baby’s life may be at risk and one or both may die.”
Whitehouse insisted that in such a situation, “the doctors and the family own that decision.” He exclaimed that “government has no place in that room at that point and I think we need to understand when this late-term abortion gets bandied about, what you’re dealing with is a tragedy that is happening to a family who wanted that child and has suddenly been confronted with a moment in which they have to make what is probably going to be the worst decision of their lives.”
“To try to shove the state legislature into that room is really offensive, really morally wrong,” he concluded.
Whitehouse’s remarks appeared to target abortion bans passed at the state level. According to the pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, all of the abortion bans in place across the U.S. have exceptions in cases where the life of the mother is at risk.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com