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Democrats in the U.S. Senate have voted unanimously to deprive babies who survive abortion attempts of equal rights.

Those would be the rights to medical assistance to survive, as another baby born with a threat to life would receive.

All 47 Democrats voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which means the plan did not receive the 60 votes needed in the Senate to advance.

The bill was from Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., and states "that a baby born alive from a failed abortion deserves the same protection and medical care as other newborns," according to the Daily Signal.

Banks had pointed out, "Almost every American agrees that a baby that takes their first breath deserves the same right to life as the rest of us do."

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., brought the bill to a vote and endorsed it, but said he expected Democrats to oppose it.

Republicans' motion for cloture on Wednesday failed with a vote of 52-47.

"Democrats are afraid that by recognizing the humanity of the newly born child, they will inadvertently point to the humanity of the unborn child," Thune explained. "And I do understand where they're coming from. After all, once you recognize the humanity of the newly born baby, it gets a little harder to say that that child wasn't human just a few minutes ago simply because he or she wasn't yet born."

Thune blasted Democrats, explaining, "there is nothing more important to Democrats than abortion," so they will vote against a plan "to provide appropriate medical care to babies born alive in an abortion clinic."

Only one Democrat supported the plan when it was approved, 220-210, earlier in the House.