The U.S. Senate was criticized for blocking an anti-human trafficking bill on Tuesday because Senate Democrats objected to the inclusion of anti-abortion language.
"Stopping human trafficking is too important a priority to be held hostage by the abortion lobby's culture-warring," Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said in a statement.
The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act enjoyed bipartisan support two weeks ago, but on Tuesday failed by five votes to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the bill. USA Today reported that a second vote to end debate on the underlying bill also did not receive the needed amount of votes."I urge the Senate to think about vulnerable women and children in peril, rather than about the political maneuvers of the abortion-industrial complex."
The bill, which is sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and received 13 Democratic co-sponsors, looked to increase penalties for anyone convicted of slavery, human smuggling and sexual exploitation of children. Fines collected from the offenders would go into funds to help the victims.
Democrats have protested against a provision in the bill that sought to block any funds collected from being used to perform abortions, with the exception in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is in danger.
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