The U.S. Department of Health Publishes Proposed Rule Protecting Infants Born Alive

This proposed rule implements President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13952 “Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children.” The Executive Order notes that, despite Federal antidiscrimination law, some hospitals have refused life-saving or life-sustaining treatment to premature or disabled infants because they believe these infants may not survive, may have to live with long-term disabilities, or may have a quality-of-life deemed by some to be inadequate.