Seventeen babies were born alive in Alberta in 2025 following second- and third-trimester abortions and were left to die without life-sustaining medical care. That’s according to official government health data.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information reported the 17 cases of infants born alive after induced abortions in acute care hospitals. The figures are tracked under the discharge code for “Termination of pregnancy, affecting fetus and newborn.”
Pro-life advocates say Alberta Health Services policies permit withholding resuscitation and active care from these newborns, treating them differently from other premature infants solely because they survived an abortion attempt.
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Under Section 223 of the Criminal Code of Canada, any child born alive is a legal person entitled to protection. Yet AHS Policy PS-92 on “Termination of Pregnancy” explicitly allows a Do-Not-Resuscitate order to be placed “in anticipation of a possible live birth.”
Policy HCS-183-01 on preterm labor assessment recommends a “non-interventional approach” for infants below certain gestational thresholds.
The pattern spans multiple years, with 28 cases recorded in 2023-24 and 20 in 2022-23.
A campaign at LeftToDie.ca is urging Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the provincial government to revise AHS policies to require immediate assessment and appropriate medical care for any infant born with signs of life, regardless of the circumstances of birth.
“Seventeen babies were born alive in Alberta following labor-induced late-term abortions in 2025 and left to die,” the National Right to Life Committee reported, citing the CIHI statistics.
The revelations have intensified calls from pro-life groups for Alberta to end the abandonment of newborns who survive abortion attempts. Every child born alive deserves the same standard of care as any other premature or vulnerable infant in the province’s hospitals.
