Limbaugh claims Obama "made the case for killing babies born alive and giving legal protection to the doctors that did it"

NRLC Recycles Debunked Born Alive Attacks

independent FactCheck.org, since state, not federal law, governs the actual practice of abortion care, even with the stipulation that the bill does not provide protections to "any member of the species homo sapien at any point prior to being born alive as defined in this Section," the bill could still have been used to interfere with abortion provisions. A 2003 Planned Parenthood fact sheet explained:

"SB 1082 & SB 1083 are NOT the same as the so-called "Born Alive Infant Protection Act" which was recently passed in the U. S. House. The federal legislation is considered to be a restatement of existing federal law. It does not amend or change current Illinois law. Federal law does not regulate abortion practice. That is left to the states. Therefore, it is state legislation that would affect abortion practice in Illinois. The package of SB 1082 & SB 1083 creates new provisions in Illinois law. Although the definition is similar to the proposed federal legislation, its application would have a different impact on state abortion law."

Also, unlike the federal bill, the package of bills under consideration by the Illinois State Senate included a measure that would have permitted legal action "on the child's behalf." In other words, doctors and health care facilities could be held liable for damages, "including costs of care to preserve and protect the life, health and safety of the child, punitive damages, and costs and attorney's fees," if the hospital, health care facility or health care provider "harms or neglects the child or fails to provide medical care to the child after the child's birth."

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