Linsey Davis’ false debate fact check

At last night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump explained why he opposed a pro-abortion ballot initiative in Florida: 

“ … they have abortion in the ninth month … you can look at the governor of West Virginia [Virginia], the previous governor… not the current governor, whose doing an excellent job, but the governor before, he said, ‘The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby,’ in other words we’ll execute the baby.”

ABC debate moderator, Linsey Davis, quickly corrected Trump with a false debate fact check:

“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.”

Set aside that neither debate moderator fact-checked any of the many false assertions made by Kamala Harris. Is Ms. Davis correct?

Left to die

Yes and no. In typical Trump fashion, the former president used hyperbole in the use of the verb ‘execute.’ What typically occurs in these tragic circumstances is a lack of care. The baby who survives an abortion is left to die. 

If the definition of execute is ‘put to death,’ that is effectively what happens when the human being who survives an abortion is deprived of care. Five such babies were allowed to die under Tim Walz’s watch as Governor of Minnesota after they survived ‘botched’ abortions.

So what did Governor Walz do about it? He had the legislature, controlled by his pro-abortion party, change the law to cover his tracks. You can see the redactions below:

Sec 56. Minnesota Statutes 2022 section 145.423, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Recognition; medical care. A born alive An infant as a result of an abortion who is born alive shall be fully recognized as a human person, and accorded immediate protection under the law.  All reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice, including the compilation of appropriate medical records, shall be taken by the responsible medical personnel to preserve the life and health of the born-alive infant care for the infant who is born alive.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Notice the intent:

1. Eliminate the word ‘abortion’ as the cause of the human person’s medical distress.
2. Weaken the type of medical attention the child receives.

Two of the babies allowed to die under Tim Walz’s watch received ‘comfort’ care instead of authentic medical care intended to preserve the life and health of the born-alive infant.

Was this an execution? You decide. The result was the same. These outcomes amplified former Virginia Governor Ralph Northum’s statement on the subject in 2019:

“The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired. And then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”

Did you pick up on the word ‘comfortable’? If the family decided their baby wasn’t worth keeping, under Democrats’ abortion-without-limits regime, the baby would be allowed to die by withholding life-saving care.

The Merriam-Webster’s third definition of the verb, ‘execute,’ is to put someone to death. That is what Ralph Northum, Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, and their entire political party allows … and with which it is clearly ‘comfortable.’

We don’t understate the use of the word ‘comfortable.’

In response to Northum’s remarks, Republicans crafted legislation to address the plight of babies who survive their abortions.

“Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act”

It does 5 things:

1. Creates criminal penalties for doctors who withhold medical care to babies who survive an abortion attempt.

2. Mandates that these survivors be transported from the abortion clinic to a real hospital for medical treatment.

3. Mandates that these health-care practitioners report violations.

4. Grants women cause for action against her abortionist.

5. Protects mothers from prosecution.

Democrats with near unanimity opposed the bill each time Republicans introduced it (in the 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses).

It seems the Abortion Party wants to let abortion ‘doctors’ off the hook.

In 2019 in New York, the legislature wiped way practically all abortion restrictions with the Reproductive Health Act. Significantly, the law moved abortion regulations from the state’s criminal code to the health code, thereby eliminating the threat of legal repercussions for abortion providers.

So when Linsey Davis said, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” that’s a false debate fact check.

So who fact-checks Linsey Davis? Pulse Life Advocates.

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