Between 2020-2022, 34 babies across the United States survived failed abortions and may have been left to die. Nine cases were reported in Arizona in 2020. In the state of Florida, eight babies were reported in 2022, four in 2021, and seven in 2020. It is unknown whether they were left to die. In 2021, five infants were born alive in Minnesota and one in Texas.
From Life News:
Between 2016 and 2018, three states reported 40 babies were born alive after botched abortions. According to the state health data, 11 babies were born alive in Minnesota, 10 in Arizona and 19 in Florida. Texas reported six babies were born alive in botched abortions in 2019. In Michigan, state health reports from 2008 through 2013 indicate that 11 babies were born alive after abortions. For the past several years, Republicans in Congress have been trying to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would increase protections for babies who survive abortions. The bill would require that the same basic medical care be provided to babies who survive abortions as would be provided to any other baby born at the same gestational age. It also would impose penalties on medical workers who neglect to provide that care. However, Democrat leaders have blocked the legislation dozens of times.
