The House is set to vote next week on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would protect infants who are delivered alive after a failed abortion procedure. In 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA), establishing that the terms "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" in federal law include every infant born alive, even after an abortion. That law, however, did not contain criminal penalties or enforcement mechanisms to punish abortion providers who failed to give medical attention and care to these infants. This bill would address exactly that issue ...
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