•     "The offensively named ‘born-alive’ legislation is another cruel and misguided attempt to interfere with evidence-based medical decision making between patients and their physicians. This bill is not based in science or medicine. It is meant to incite emotions, rather than reflect the reality of evidence-based clinical care. This legislative interference will harm families and hinder the ability of physicians to practice such evidence-based medicine. This reckless bill would impede families from making significant quality-of-life decisions, such as being able to provide comfort or spiritual care in tragic and painful situations. Abortions later in pregnancy are the result of complex decisions, and patients make these health care decisions thoughtfully, carefully, and painstakingly. These incredibly difficult medical decisions should be made by patients in consultation with their physicians and without any external interferences. Instead, this bill takes decision making out of the hands of families in crisis and limits the freedom of our patients to make the decisions that are right for them." Source: Iffath Abbasi Hoskins, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

•     "This bill is deliberately misleading and offensive to pregnant people and the doctors and nurses who provide their care. It is yet another attempt by anti-abortion politicians to spread misinformation as a means to their warped political end: to ban safe and legal abortion. Let’s be clear: Doctors are already required to provide appropriate medical care by law. This is not how medical care works. It’s wrong, irresponsible, and dangerous to suggest otherwise." Source: Jacqueline Ayers, the senior vice president of policy, organizing, and campaigns at Planned Parenthood Federation of America

•     "H.R. 26 may endanger infants: The bill’s requirement that a health care practitioner ensure the immediate transportation and admission of a newborn infant to a hospital may not always be in the best interests of the infant’s health. In some cases, the nearest hospital may lack the resources, providers, and facilities necessary to ensure proper care for an infant. It may be safer and healthier to care for a medically fragile infant where it was born, rather than transporting it many miles away. "Source: Ranking Member Rep. Jerrold Nadler (Democrat, New York, District 12)