Days into their control of the House of Representatives, Republican lawmakers approved two abortion-related bills on Wednesday, including a measure fuelled by a falsehood that infants are often “born alive” during an abortion attempt and killed by providers.
The misleadingly titled “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” prohibits the “intentional killing of a born-alive child,” which is already illegal, and would impose heavy fines and up to five years in prison against providers who do not act to “preserve the life and health of the child”.
