#baby ‘left to die’ after failed abortion A baby born alive after an unsuccessful late-term abortion was “left gasping without medical assistance for two hours before dying” at a hospital in New Zealand.

The incident follows the passing of the Abortion Legislation Bill introduced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Government in 2020, which introduced the most extreme abortion law in the world to New Zealand.

Jacinda Ardern has taken credit for the introduction of the new law, telling local media in November 2020 that in regards to the law change, “not only did I take a position, I pursued it and changed the law in Parliament”.

Ardern also voted down the Care of child born after abortion amendment to the Bill, which would have required that “appropriate medical care and treatment” be given to a baby born alive after a failed abortion. The incident, in which the child was left without medical attention for two hours after a failed abortion, took place at a hospital in New Zeal

#“Normally a late-term abortion is performed on babies that have medical issues, but this baby was completely healthy – so instead of using an infanticide injection to stop the heart from beating before expelling the baby from the womb, the mother was just induced”.

Because the baby’s life was not ended before birth using feticide, it was more likely that, at 21 weeks, the baby would survive the abortion. Nicola said this is not uncommon and “in these situations, the baby is just left to die”.

“We wouldn’t do that to an animal. I was horrified” she said.

According to the healthcare worker who witnessed the event, other healthcare staff called the death “sad”, but tried to justify it by saying that the mother had “financial and housing issues”.

“We didn’t empower this woman by leaving her child to suffer and die like that. When she left the hospital, she was still in need of support and help for her situation. All we did was end the life of her baby in a drawn-out and cruel