Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 311.822.Legislative findings; purposes of KRS 311.821 to 311.827

(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.

(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.