• Although current state law only requires that abortionists offer life-saving care to those babies born alive after 20 weeks, State Senate Republicans advanced the Born Alive Bill in February, which amends existing law to view a fetus that survived an abortion as a legal person, granting the child the same rights and medical care as anyone else.
• The bill also changes the language of a “fetus” to “infant” and “delivered” to “born alive.”
• Those who fail to comply could face legal consequences.

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