Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at guaranteeing medical care for any child born alive after an attempted abortion.
The bill was one of four vetoed by the governor as he took action on the final 11 bills on his desk from the Legislature’s recent budget session.
The “Born alive infant” bill, Senate File 97, would require that doctors “shall take medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of an infant born alive” after an unsuccessful abortion.
The bill was approved in the House by a vote of 44-16 and in the Senate by a vote of 23-7.
But Gordon, in his veto message, said the legislation was unnecessary because existing law guarantees appropriate medical care.
“This bill will not do anything to improve on those laws which already exist,” he wrote.
