Northam described the result of a failed late-term abortion when the baby has survived. "If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen, the infant would be delivered," the governor said. "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 & mother."
Northam said that if a baby is born alive despite the efforts of the doctor to kill the baby in an abortion, the infant would "be resuscitated" only "if that's what the mother and the family desired." In other words, a baby who survives an attempted abortion should be considered dead, so that caring for the baby would be considered "resuscitation."
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The above quotations are from 2019 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Democratic response, Feb. 6, 2019.
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