The “Born Alive” bill has made its way out of a Kentucky Senate committee.
Senator Whitney Westerfield of Christian County is sponsoring Senate Bill 9, which would require that a child born alive—under any circumstance—be given the appropriate medical care to preserve the infant’s life.
Any violation of the proposed law could result in the medical provider’s license being revoked and felony charges.
The bill would also formalize that any born-alive infant shall be treated as a legal person in state law. Another provision would ban scientific research on born-alive infants.
It contains an emergency clause, meaning it would become effective immediately upon successfully making it through the legislative process rather than 90 days after adjournment. The bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration.