Although two pro-life bills that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week likely won’t get Senate consideration, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) lauded the House's action.

“We commend the House of Representatives for passing legislation to protect innocent children from infanticide and urge the Senate to follow suit,” Bishop Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington and chair of 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 his letter.

The House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 26) with a 220-210 vote. The vote was along party lines, with 220 Republicans supporting it and 210 Democrats opposing it, according to Angelus News. The bill would require that any child who survives an abortion procedure receive the same level of medical care that any other baby born at the same gestational age would get. 

The second bill would denounce violence against pro-life facilities, groups and churches. This bill, which passed 222-209, was initiated because of 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.

Neither proposal is expected to make it to the Senate floor for a vote, as Democrats still control the U.S. Senate.