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 * 1)** In 2002, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act was a law passed by the United States Congress. It is now known as Public Law 107-207. It was signed into law August 5, 2002 by President Bush. It enforced legal protection to an infant born alive after a failed attempt at induced abortion. The doctors and nurses whould have to do everything medically possible to keep the baby alive if it was still living after the abortion. The bill was the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, or, "Born Alive Infant Defined," which said that anytime the words:  "person," "human being," "child," or "individual" were stated in IL law about the born-alive infant, it gave them legal personhood. This law was identical to the federal Born Alive Infants Protect Act which was taken from the definition of "live birth" created by the World Health Organization in 1950 and accepted by the United Nations in 1955. The bill number changed every year it was reintroduced. The main issue stated is that Obama voted "no" for the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act four times.