Born-Alive Infants Protection Act

US law against neonaticide

(colloquial)BAIPAEnacted bythe 107th United States CongressCitationsPublic law107-207Statutes at Large116 Stat. 926CodificationTitles amended1U.S.C. sections created1 U.S.C. § 8Legislative history

• Introduced in the House as H.R. 2175 by Steve Chabot (R–OH) on June 14, 2001
• Passed the House on March 12, 2002 (voice vote)
• Passed the Senate on July 18, 2002 (unanimous consent)
• Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 5, 2002

The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 ("BAIPA" Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 107–207 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 926, enacted August 5, 2002, 1 U.S.C. § 8) is an Act of Congress. It affirms legal protection to an infant born alive after a failed attempt at induced abortion. It was signed by President George W. Bush.

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Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002

Legislative history

• Based on H.R. 2175 – passed March 12, 2002
• Introduced on June 14, 2001^[1]
• Reported by Committee on August 2, 2001^[1]
• Passed House on March 12, 2002^[1]
• Passed Senate by unanimous consent July 18, 2002.^[2]
• Signed into law by President Bush in Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh Hilton.^[3] on August 5, 2002^[1]
• The original author of the bill was Congressman Charles T. Canady of Florida who had by then retired from Congress.

Committee of the House

The bill was approved by the committee on July 12, 2001. The committee consisted of 32 representatives, 25 of which voted for the bill, 2 against and 10 were not present during the vote. This vote allowed the bill to be passed onto the entire house of representatives.^[4]

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• Born alive rule
• Baby Doe Law
• Gianna Jessen
• Jill Stanek
• Kermit Gosnell

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