Born-Alive Infants Protection Act

The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act was a law passed by the United States Congress in 2002. It extended legal protection to an infant born alive after a failed attempt at induced abortion.

Identified as Public Law 107-207, it was signed into law Aug. 5, 2002 by President Bush, and was based on HR 2175 (passed March 12). The Senate counterpart, initiated by Sen. Rick Santorum, passed July 18.

The original author of the bill, Congressman Charles T. Canady of Florida, had by then retired from Congress ( http://www.nrlc.org/Federal/Born_Alive_Infants/BAIPAsigned.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_T._Canady ).

Text of the law can be found at http://www.nrlc.org/BAIPLaw0405.html and http://www.nrlc.org/Federal/Born_Alive_Infants/Baipatext.pdf (PDF).