Requires emergency assistance and appropriate medical care where a child is born alive after an attempted termination of pregnancy. It defines signs of life, states that healthcare professionals owe the same duty of care as they would to any other child born alive, requires government guidance and annual reporting, and creates offences for failing to take reasonable steps to seek or provide medical assistance.
The Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill [HL] was introduced in the House of Lords. It would require reasonable steps to obtain emergency assistance and appropriate medical care where a child is born alive after an attempted termination of pregnancy.
The introduced text of the Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill [HL] was published as HL Bill 23. The text defines when a child is born alive, lists signs of life, creates duties to seek emergency assistance and provide medical treatment, requires guidance and annual reports, and creates offences for failure to act without reasonable excuse.