Tim Walz Tried To Hide Evidence That Minnesota Allows Babies To Suffer Without Care After Botched Abortions
During the vice-presidential debate with J.D. Vance, a horrifying fact resurfaced, calling into question Tim Walz’s integrity and his administration’s respect for human life: under Walz's watch, at least 8 babies were born alive during failed abortions and left to die without any attempt to save them.
The horrific handling of botched abortions by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is a tragic documented reality that demands serious attention, yet Walz's response has been to attempt to hide the legal reporting of these events. Even some in the pro-choice movement are admitting a policy that leaves babies to suffer and die after a doctor botches an abortion is too cruel.
The Facts Behind the Scandal
Until 2023, Minnesota required the reporting of failed abortions where a baby was born alive, though the state did not require care for these infants, instead leaving them to suffer from their abortion-inflicted injuries until they died. The reports revealed that eight babies, at least, survived abortions under Walz’s governorship. Instead of receiving medical care—treatment one would expect for any infant born in distress—these babies were left to die in pain. In many cases, they weren’t even given basic comfort but were treated like medical waste, discarded as an inconvenience.
Rather than acknowledging the ethical horrors of these events, Walz's administration chose to attack the reporting requirement. In 2023, under his leadership, the state eliminated the mandate to report botched abortions. Moreover, doctors and nurses were still no longer required to provide care to babies born alive in such instances.
For Governor Walz, the issue is not that infants were suffering after being born alive; it was the requirement that their subsequent painful deaths be documented. His response wasn’t to ask how we can save these babies or, at the very least, ease their suffering. Instead, he worked to ensure that these cases wouldn’t be reported at all.
Walz and his allies essentially shielded his administration—and abortion providers—from public scrutiny because the results of their policy were so heinously evil. This deceptive move signals a disturbing message: that hiding the realities of botched abortions is more important than addressing the ethical and human rights concerns these cases raise. It’s a form of political damage control that prioritizes a political narrative over actual human beings.
Cruelty, Not Compassion
This decision raises profound questions about Walz’s compassion and the priorities of his administration. If these babies, born alive, were treated with such cruelty, what does that say about how the governor views human life? The refusal to mandate care for these infants—and the subsequent removal of any requirement to even report their births—paints a bleak picture of what a Harris-Walz presidency would look like. The cries of "joy" and "compassion" ring a bit hollow when we know he's content with living, breathing babies being left to suffer and then discarded like medical waste.
Regardless of one’s stance on abortion, the idea that babies born alive should be left to die without care is a chilling indictment of a system that has lost its humanity.
It’s important to remember that these babies are not statistics or abstract concepts. They were real human beings, struggling for life after a failed abortion, yet receiving no care. We must ask ourselves: when did it become acceptable for society to turn a blind eye to such unnecessary suffering? And why does Governor Walz find it acceptable to eliminate the reporting of such events? If Walz's impulse to hide these acts, maybe it's because what he's allowed to happen in Minnesota is indefensible.
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