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Family Research Council today released a first-of-its-kind set of\u00a0maps<\/a>\u00a0showing the strength of born-alive abortion survivor protection laws and the legal status of late term abortion in every state. Protections for born-alive abortion survivors became a national conversation when New York and Illinois walked back their protections earlier this year, removing existing protections for infants born alive during failed abortion attempts.<\/p>\n
According to research conducted by Family Research Council, only fifteen states provide strong protections for born-alive abortion survivors, and only eight require reporting on infants who survive abortion. The maps also show which states have no laws protecting born-alive abortion survivors, which states allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, and some surprising differences between those lists.<\/p>\n
Sixteen states have no laws protecting born-alive abortion survivors: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Twenty-two states allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, either directly or indirectly: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n
Quena Gonz\u00e1lez, Director of State and Local Affairs at Family Research Council, said this was a direct result of what he called the \u201cwave election\u201d of 2010:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2010 election cycle saw a record number of state-level Republicans elected. Many of them were pro-life, and as their majorities in legislatures and statehouses across the country continued to increase throughout the Obama administration, they enacted pro-life laws at a record pace.<\/p>\n
Read more at lifenews.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
West Virginians For Life<\/a> is proposing new state legislation for the upcoming session that would outlaw leaving a baby to die after he or she survives an abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n