Report: Multiple Infants Born Alive During Botched Abortions In Texas In 2019
December 24, 2020 By
Jordan Davidson
Multiple infants were born alive after botched abortions in Texas, a new
report indicates.
According to statistics from Texas Health and Human Services, abortion facilities and physicians each reported at least six infants were born alive during abortion attempts in the state in 2019 — an increase by at least two from the previous year.
In 2019, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill requiring physicians present during a botched abortion must “exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health” of a baby born alive as if it were delivered under normal circumstances. Physicians are also required to facilitate the immediate transfer of the infant to a hospital. Violators of this law risk being fined at least $100,000 and being charged with a third-degree felony.
Texas State Rep. Jeff Leach, who authored the legislation, called for an investigation into the care provided to the 2019 babies born alive despite attempts to abort them, saying that the numbers in the report should “shock the collective conscience of the Lone Star State.” . . .
. . . . A large majority of the women who received the abortions were unmarried at the time . . . and more than 300 abortions occurring in girls ranging from 11 to 15 years old. . . . .
