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Fact check: Are ‘born alive’ babies really unprotected in some US states?

Anti-abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court during a rally on March 26, 2024, in Washington [File: Jose Luis Magana/AP]

During the September 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, supports “execution after birth”.

ABC News moderator Linsey Davis rebutted Trump’s statement, saying, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”

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