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Wisconsin lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would protect any babies who survive an abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A similar bill was passed by both houses in 2019, only to be vetoed by Governor Tony Evers who, <\/span>according to The Hill<\/span><\/a>, claimed that such protections \u201calready exist.\u201d Pro-abortion groups claim that infanticide is already illegal, and that health care workers are already \u201cethically bound\u201d to enact these protections for babies who survive abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the bill aims to address virtually never happens,\u201d University of Wisconsin professor Michael Wagner claimed, as quoted \u00a0by the <\/span>Badger Herald<\/span><\/a>. \u201cA possible purpose for this bill might be what political scientists call \u2018symbolic representation,\u2019 passing a law that doesn\u2019t change anything but serves to energize voters who oppose legal abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, as Live Action News has reported, <\/span>abortionists admit<\/span><\/a> that such babies born alive after abortions are <\/span>frequently<\/span><\/i> not given any life-sustaining care, and in fact are left to die. According to the <\/span>CDC\u2019s own numbers<\/span><\/a>, this happens more often than many abortion supporters care to admit.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>SB16’s summary<\/span><\/a>, medical professionals would be required to \u201cexercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence\u201d to care for an abortion survivor as they would for \u201cany other child born alive at the same gestational age,\u201d as well as \u201censure that the child born alive is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.\u201d The bill further states that any baby born alive \u201cis considered to have the same legal status and legal rights as a human being at any point after the human being undergoes a live birth as the result of natural or induced labor or a cesarean section.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Health care providers who are negligent or fail to care for these babies could receive a felony charge, a fine up to $10,000, and six years in prison. If a health care provider is found to intentionally cause the death of an abortion survivor, he or she could face life in prison. A mother could not be charged with a crime under the bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill\u2019s sponsor, Senator Roger Roth, was <\/span>careful to point out<\/span><\/a> that the bill did not regulate abortion, but only protected babies who survived failed abortions. \u201cRegardless of the circumstances a baby comes into this world, he or she must have the same rights and protections that you and I have,” said Roth, according to <\/span>WPR<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Reports from just five states reveal over 100 babies born alive during abortions in recent years<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pro-lifers have lamented the partisan nature of enacting protections for abortion survivors, something many consider to be common sense. In February, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act received a 52-48 majority vote in the U.S. Senate but <\/span>failed<\/span><\/a> to clear the 60 vote hurdle required to proceed. The vote was largely along party lines, with the vast majority of Democrats voting to block the measure.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Live Action News <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>, in 2019 Wisconsin Governor Evers also vetoed a bill that prohibited abortion based on the sex, race, color, and disability of the preborn child, as well as legislation that would have required women seeking abortions to be informed about <\/span>abortion pill reversal<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would protect any babies who survive an abortion.\u00a0 A similar bill was passed by both houses in 2019, only to be vetoed by Governor Tony Evers who, according to The Hill, claimed that such protections \u201calready exist.\u201d Pro-abortion groups claim that infanticide is already illegal, and that health care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":192426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[2287,4906,5266,1708,12783,10599,12782,687],"yoast_head":"\nWisconsin lawmakers reintroduce legislation to protect abortion survivors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that would protect babies who survive abortion, requiring medical professionals to enact life-saving measures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislation-protect-abortion-survivors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wisconsin lawmakers reintroduce legislation to protect abortion survivors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that would protect babies who survive abortion, requiring medical professionals to enact life-saving measures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislation-protect-abortion-survivors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-15T17:43:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-15T15:16:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/baby-sleeping-newborn-infant.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislation-protect-abortion-survivors\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislation-protect-abortion-survivors\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Nicole\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870\"},\"headline\":\"Wisconsin lawmakers reintroduce legislation to protect abortion survivors\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-15T17:43:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T15:16:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-legislation-protect-abortion-survivors\/\"},\"wordCount\":541,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"abortion survivors\",\"born alive infants\",\"Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act\",\"CDC\",\"Governor Tony Evers\",\"protecting abortion survivors\",\"Sen. 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