An act adopting the born-alive infant protection act; providing that infants born alive, including infants born alive after an abortion, are legal persons; requiring health care providers to take necessary actions to preserve the life of a born-alive infant; providing a penalty; providing that the proposed act be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana; and providing an effective date.
The 2022 Montana Legislative Referendum 131, commonly known as the Born-Alive referendum,[1] was a legislatively-referred state statute in the state of Montana, which was voted on alongside the 2022 elections in the state. The statute, which sought to define certain infants as "born alive" – including following abortions – and compel medical practitioners to provide life-sustaining care to them no matter the prognosis, was rejected by voters.
