Section 311.822 - Legislative findings - Purposes of KRS 311.821 to 311.827(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds that: (a) The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a paramount interest in protecting all human life;(b) If an attempted abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of this Commonwealth;(c) Irrespective of the status of court challenges to Kentucky statutes protecting unborn children from abortion, it is not an infringement on a woman's asserted right to terminate her pregnancy for this Commonwealth to affirm its interest in protecting an infant whose live birth occurred as the result of an attempted abortion; and(d) Without proper legal protection, newly born infants who survive attempted abortions may be denied appropriate life-saving or life-sustaining medical care and treatment and may be left to die.(2) Based on the findings in subsection (1) of this section, the purposes of KRS 311.821 to 311.827 are to: (a) Ensure the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born-alive in this Commonwealth; and(b) Mandate that healthcare providers give medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born-alive infants.Effective: January 22, 2021
Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 2, effective January 22, 2021.
Added by 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 1,§ 2, eff. 1/22/2021.