At the end of March, Wyoming’s governor, Mark Gordon, vetoed legislation that would have required medical care for a baby who survived an attempted abortion and imposed penalties on those who failed to provide “commonly accepted means of care that would be rendered to any other infant born alive.”

Though the governor had signed other pro-life bills into law in the past, on this occasion he took the talking points provided by pro-abortion organizations saying the law would penalize parents and doctors caring for babies born with life-limiting conditions and that “laws already in place protect children from being denied life-saving care simply because they were born as a result of an abortion. This bill will not do anything to improve on those laws which already exist.”

But that is inaccurate. The federal law on this subject does say abortion survivors should be treated as persons entitled to all protections of the law, but it does not impose any penalties on those who violate the law or specify what kind of medical treatment the infant should receive.

News Source

Wyoming governor vetoes abortion survivor protection bill, shocking pro-life groups
Live Action

NOTE: FACT provides links to external websites for educational purposes only. The inclusion of any links to other websites does not necessarily constitute an endorsement.