KRS 311.822: Legislative findings -- Purposes of KRS 311.821 to 311.827.

(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds that:

(a) The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a paramount interest in protecting

all human life;

(b) If an attempted abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a

legal person for all purposes under the laws of this Commonwealth;

(c) Irrespective of the status of court challenges to Kentucky statutes

protecting unborn children from abortion, it is not an infringement on a

woman's asserted right to terminate her pregnancy for this

Commonwealth to affirm its interest in protecting an infant whose live birth

occurred as the result of an attempted abortion; and

(d) Without proper legal protection, newly born infants who survive attempted

abortions may be denied appropriate life-saving or life-sustaining medical

care and treatment and may be left to die.

(2) Based on the findings in subsection (1) of this section, the purposes of KRS

311.821 to 311.827 are to:

(a) Ensure the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all

infants born-alive in this Commonwealth; and

(b) Mandate that healthcare providers give medically appropriate and

reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to

all born-alive infants.