CHILDREN/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “Hospitals might refuse to provide treatment to extremely premature infants — born alive before 24 weeks of gestation — because they believe these infants may not survive, may have to live with long-term disabilities, or may have a quality-of-life deemed to be inadequate. Active treatment of extremely premature infants has, however, been shown to improve their survival rates…
It is the policy of the United States to recognize the human dignity and inherent worth of every newborn or other infant child, regardless of prematurity or disability, and to ensure for each child due protection under the law.”
-Donald Trump, “Executive Order on Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 25, 2020
[Note: Read the full Executive Order signed by Donald Trump.]