The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing two pro-life bills last week.

“We commend the House of Representatives for passing legislation to protect innocent children from infanticide and urge the Senate to follow suit,” Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge, who chairs the USCCB’s Committee for Pro-Life Activities, wrote in a letter sent to the House of Representatives. 

“Babies who are born alive during the process of an abortion deserve compassionate care and medical attention -- just the same as any other newborn baby,” he said in the letter.

The House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 26),  220-210, with 220 Republicans supporting it and 210 Democrats opposing it, according to Angelus News. The bill would mandate proper medical care to be administered to any infant who survives an abortion procedure. The care should be at the same level that any other baby born at the same gestational age would get.

The second bill calls for denouncing violence against pro-life facilities, groups and churches. This bill passed 222-209. It stemmed from the violence that began in June 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which essentially overturned Roe v. Wade.

It is not likely that either of the two bills will make it to the Senate floor for a vote, as the U.S. Senate is currently controlled by Democrats.