So I guess this is where the "abortion after birth" thing is coming from, as expected, complete fucking bullshit. It concerns late term abortions that are not elective but for medical reasons and involving horrific circumstances that nobody wants or expects. So of course they just refer to it as regular old baby killing. Fuck these people.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-vp-debate-2024/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFrnDZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa_bT94OwhHhkGlhl9nSZUseSg4uLx3B2q1x96wszPsDhVaIK7dJal460A_aem_DIr4I7U_Tb4Wk1eGPA2mvA
Misleading: Vance says Minnesota law Walz signed says "a doctor that presides over an abortion where the baby survives, the doctor is under no obligation to provide life-saving care to a baby who survives a botched, late-term abortion."
Vance: "The Minnesota law you signed into law, the statute that you signed into law, it says that a doctor that presides over an abortion where the baby survives, the doctor is under no obligation to provide life-saving care to a baby who survives a botched, late-term abortion."
Details: Vance's statement omits key context about the law. In 2023, Walz signed a bill that updated state law regarding medical care for infants "born alive" as a result of an abortion. Both the previous and updated law state that an infant "born alive shall be fully recognized as a human person, and accorded immediate protection under the law."
Previously, the law required medical professionals to take all reasonable measures to "preserve the life and health of the born alive infant." After the update, medical personnel are required to take all reasonable measures "to care for the infant who is born alive" — a change advocates say allows parents of infants not expected to survive to forgo extraordinary and futile interventions.
Late-term abortions typically occur to save the mother's life or when families are facing situations where the fetus is unlikely to survive long after birth. The Minnesota Department of Health reported eight infants "born alive" from 2019 to 2022. According to the records, three of those infants were classified as "previable" or not developed enough to survive outside the uterus; three were provided "comfort care as planned;" and two had fetal anomalies.