text_1: Ted Cruz Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
text_2: Cruz's statement is based on an inaccurate characterization of a bill considered in Virginia's House of Delegates, which would have changed requirements needed before doctors could perform an aboriton during the third-trimester of pregnancy. In Virginia, abortions are allowed at this late point if three physicians certify that a continued pregnancy is likely to result in the death of the woman. The author of the bill, which was unsuccessful, said her proposed changes would not allow an abortion to be performed on a woman during a live birth. Any attempt at aborting or killing an infant after birth is illegal.