President Trump issued an executive order Friday protecting babies who survive an abortion as well as those who are born prematurely or with a disability.
Trump had signaled the executive order earlier in the week during a message to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The Friday order was titled the “Executive Order on Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children.”
“Every infant born alive, no matter the circumstances of his or her birth, has the same dignity and the same rights as every other individual and is entitled to the same protections under Federal law,” the executive order says. “… It is the policy of the United States to recognize the human dignity and inherent worth of every newborn or other infant child, regardless of prematurity or disability, and to ensure for each child due protection under the law.”
The executive order references several laws, including the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which was signed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act “makes clear that all infants born alive are individuals for purposes of these and other Federal laws and are therefore afforded the same legal protections as any other person,” the executive order says. That 2002 law defines “born alive” as the “complete…
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