Born-Alive Infants Protection Act

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act

Long title	Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002
Acronyms (colloquial)	BAIPA
Enacted by	the 107th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	107-207
Statutes at Large	116 Stat. 926
Codification
Titles amended	1
U.S.C. sections created	1 U.S.C. § 8
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2175 by Steve Chabot (R–OH) on June 14, 2001 Passed the House on March 12, 2002 (186–107) Passed the Senate on July 18, 2002 (unanimous consent) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 5, 2002

The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 ("BAIPA" Pub.L. 107–207, 116 Stat. 926, enacted August 5, 2002, 1 U.S.C. § 8) is an Act of Congress. It extends legal protection to an infant born alive after a failed attempt at induced abortion. It was signed by President George W. Bush.

The bill was approved by the committee on July 12, 2001. The committee consisted of 32 representatives, 25 of which voted for the bill, 2 against and 10 were not present during the vote. This vote allowed the bill to be passed onto the entire house of representatives.

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