WASHINGTON — Today, Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) reintroduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the U.S. Senate. 

The following is a statement from Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life:

In the past, because of their unwavering commitment to unlimited abortion, pro-abortion extremists in the House and Senate have been willing to let die babies who are born alive following an abortion. There is no such thing as a “post-birth abortion.” This bill isn’t about interfering with a so-called right to abortion. It is about stopping infanticide.

 

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is reasonable legislation that would protect a baby who is born alive following an abortion. We thank Senator Lankford for his commitment to protecting babies who are born alive following an abortion and for reintroducing this crucial life-saving legislation.

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act requires that, when a baby is born alive following an abortion, health care practitioners must exercise the same degree of professional skill and care that would be offered to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. It also requires that, following appropriate care, health care workers must transport the living child immediately to a hospital. 

Current federal law does not sufficiently protect a child born following an abortion.

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was first introduced in the 114th Congress in 2015 and has been reintroduced in every Congress since. 

More information about babies born alive following an abortion can be found here.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.