One of the ABC News debate moderators on Tuesday fact-checked former President Donald Trump on babies who survive botched abortions, saying that they aren't killed. But Minnesota records show eight babies in recent years have in fact survived botched procedures but then died after being denied life-saving care.
Trump said that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris's "vice presidential pick says abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine. He also says execution after birth -- it's execution, no longer abortion, because the baby is born is okay, and that's not okay with me."
ABC News' Linsey Davis pushed back on Trump's statement, saying, "There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born."
However, in Walz’s state and on his watch, five infants were "born alive" in 2021 during failed abortions, and none was provided life- saving care though two got “comfort care,” the Minnesota Department of Health reported on July 1, 2022.
Three other infants were "born alive" during abortions in 2019, Walz’s first year as governor, and they too perished without life-saving care, according to a July 1, 2020, report from the same state agency.
Poster Comment:
I have seen stories about babies killed after botched abortions in several different states.