The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed to advance in the Senate in a partisan vote on Wednesday afternoon, failing to gain the necessary Democrat support to pass. The bill, which would require life-saving medical care for infants born after failed abortions,

The bill would require that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection as any newborn baby, and threaten medical providers with prison time for failing to resuscitate them.

Every Senate Democrat voted Wednesday afternoon against invoking cloture on legislation requiring that babies who survive botched abortions receive medical

Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get Democrats on the record as voting against a bill being framed as anti-infanticide.