Steve Chabot: “Last summer, over 70 original cosponsors joined with me in introducing H.R. 2175, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act.…”

“Last summer, over 70 original cosponsors joined with me in introducing H.R. 2175, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The purpose of this bill is to respond to recent legal and cultural developments and protect all infants who are born alive by recognizing them as a ``person, human being, child or individual'' for purposes of Federal law. Recent court decisions have called into question the rights entitled to newborn babies. Under the logic of the Supreme Court's decision in the Stenberg v. Carhart case, the long-accepted legal principle that infants who are born alive are persons entitled to the protections of the law has been called into question, bringing our culture and legal system closer than ever believed possible to accepting infanticide.”