By David F. Forte, The Catholic Thing - My dear friend Hadley Arkes deserves praise for his perseverance in pressing Congress to protect children who survive an abortion, as he did at some length on this site a week ago (here). Some might think that The Born Alive Act is unnecessary after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, overruling Roe v Wade, and given the passage of state laws even more protective of unborn life, such as heartbeat bills. But as Arkes demonstrates, the killing of born alive babies continues.