NEGATIVE Reproductive Rights 118th Congress

H.R.26 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act — anti-abortion messaging bill that implies infants are being denied care after birth, a scenario medical experts say essentially never occurs (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (2002) already protects infants; ACOG confirms the scenario is not a medical reality.

18 U.S.C. § 1531 — existing federal partial-birth abortion ban; born-alive infants already protected under federal law

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-207) — already defines born-alive infants as persons
ACOG: scenarios addressed by this bill essentially never occur in medical practice

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Existing federal law already requires medical care for all live births; the bill creates duplicative criminal penalties designed to deter legal procedures.