09/14/2024
TRUTH! Fact check this David Muir!
At this moment, federal law and 31 states do not adequately protect the lives of infants who survive abortion.
Background:
Born-Alive laws require that medical care be provided to infants born alive during an attempted abortion. In 2002, Congress passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which clarified that infants who survive abortion are persons under the law but did not include any legal enforcement. In the ensuing years, states have passed varying levels of born-alive protections to make up for the lack of federal enforceability.
Currently, 35 states have at least some born-alive protections. However, only 19 states have the three elements of strong born-alive protections, which are reflected in the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, currently pending in Congress:
-a requirement that practitioners must exercise professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life of infants who survive abortion;
-a requirement that surviving infants be immediately transported to a hospital -and/or requiring the presence of a second physician during the abortion; and
-legal penalties for abortionists who do not comply.
In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states, children born alive after an abortion had legal rights removed.
👉️ Head to frc.org/prolifemaps to access our digital map with more info on your state's born-alive protections (or lack thereof).