Steve believes in protecting and promoting parents’ role in their child’s education, standing up for pro-life values, and protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Stand up for pro-life values.
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Evidence
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The member page lists H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as a 119th Congress bill with 163 cosponsors and a Passed House status; latest action shown was Senate referral on 2025-01-24.
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GovInfo’s Congressional Record Index entry for ABORTION lists multiple abortion-related bills in the 119th Congress, including H.R. 12, H.R. 7237, and H.R. 8366.
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In his most recent official House press release within the lookback window, Scalise highlighted House Republicans’ efforts on veterans, housing costs, women’s contributions, and law enforcement; the release does not mention abortion or other pro-life actions.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA-1] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, with date cosponsored 2025-01-03.
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 27 on H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as passed 217-204-1 on 2025-01-23; Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, voted Yea.
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 21 was introduced on 2025-01-03, passed the House on 2025-01-23 by 217-204-1, and was received in the Senate and referred to Judiciary on 2025-01-24. Its tracker status is Passed House.
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The text of H.R. 21 states that an infant born alive after an abortion is a legal person entitled to legal protections and would require practitioners to preserve the child's life and health, with criminal penalties for violations.
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Scalise's Congress.gov member page lists H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, in the 119th Congress with 163 cosponsors, latest Senate referral on 2025-01-24, and status Passed House.
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Congress.gov lists Scalise as an original cosponsor of the 118th Congress version of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H.R. 26, on 2023-01-09.
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The House Clerk records H.R. 26, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, as passed 220-210-1 on 2023-01-11; Scalise voted Yea.
Assessments
The promise is broad advocacy language rather than a pledge to enact a specific abortion law. In the current federal House term, Scalise original-cosponsored H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, and voted yea when it passed the House on January 23, 2025. The bill is substantively aligned with pro-life policy goals, and House passage plus his cosponsorship and vote are concrete same-term actions within his office authority as a U.S. Representative. Senate inaction prevents treating it as a fully enacted policy result, but the stated promise was to stand up for pro-life values, which these actions satisfy.
Scalise’s promise was broad and values-based rather than a specific enactment pledge. The evidence shows he was associated in the 119th Congress with H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a major pro-life measure that passed the House and was referred to the Senate on January 24, 2025. In federal House context, materially backing and helping advance a pro-life bill through the chamber is enough to count as standing up for pro-life values, even though the bill had not become law. The more recent press release and GovInfo index do not add a new delivery event, but they also do not negate the House-passed pro-life action.