“A fetus that was born.” Incredibly, these five words were used by CNN to describe a human baby in its reporting on Sen. Ben Sasse’s “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act”. Though it earned bipartisan support, the bill failed in the U.S. Senate. It would guarantee that children who survive abortion cannot be allowed to die as a result of neglect by physicians. Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt reflect on CNN’s reporting and the facts of the law in this special episode.
