Legislative Findings and Purpose

(a)I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that:

(1)All children, no matter their age, have the right to life. Guam has a paramount interest in protecting all human life.

(2)If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of Guam.

(3)Guam must assert its interest in protecting an infant whose live birth occurred as the result of an abortion.

(4)Without proper legal protection, newly-born infants who survive abortions could be denied proper life-saving or life-sustaining medical treatment and left to die.

(b)Accordingly, it is the purpose of this Act to ensure the protection and promotion of the health and wellbeing of all infants born alive in Guam. Therefore, this Act mandates that healthcare providers give medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants.