ADF: Failure of Senate to protect born-alive and pain-capable babies inexcusable
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Vice President of U.S. Legal Division Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Senate’s failure this week to pass both the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:“Every human life is valuable, and every single baby deserves to be protected. ADF is profoundly disappointed by the Senate’s failure to provide legal protection for babies who survive abortions and for not putting the well-being of mothers and unborn children first. We’re grateful for the leadership of Sens. Ben Sasse and Lindsay Graham on these bills and for every elected official who understands the human rights at stake and fights to protect vulnerable babies. For the Senate to fail to protect the lives of children once they are outside of the womb or at the stage to feel pain is unthinkable and inexcusable. We respectfully challenge all of our leaders in public office to affirm the basic human rights of vulnerable children—born and unborn.”
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ABOUT Kristen Waggoner
As the CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner leads the faith-based organization in advancing every person's God-given right to live and speak the truth in the U.S. and around the world. She oversees more than 450 ADF team members in 10 global offices. Since 2011, ADF has won 15 cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, three of which were argued by Waggoner: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Uzuebgunam v. Presczewski, and 303 Creative v. Elenis. ADF also has a strong record of international success at the European Court of Human Rights, United Nations, and other leading courts and tribunals and has secured the release of more than 1,000 imprisoned Christians. After clerking with Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Sanders, Waggoner practiced law for over 16 years at a Seattle firm before joining ADF in 2013. She is Peer Review Rated AV® Preeminent™ in Martindale-Hubbell. Waggoner is a sought-after public speaker who often appears in national and international media outlets.