Texas gov. signs bill making it illegal to kill babies who survive abortion
AUSTIN, July 19, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – On Thursday, Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law requiring life-saving treatment for infants born alive after failed abortions, a basic legal protection the U.S. House of Representatives still refuses to emulate.
House Bill 16 requires that for any child born alive after an attempted abortion, doctors “must exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious physician would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age,” specifically including “immediate” transfer to a hospital.
AUSTIN, July 19, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – On Thursday, Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law requiring life-saving treatment for infants born alive after failed abortions, a basic legal protection the U.S. House of Representatives still refuses to emulate.
House Bill 16 requires that for any child born alive after an attempted abortion, doctors “must exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious physician would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age,” specifically including “immediate” transfer to a hospital.
