CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Prolife Alberta has launched a campaign to demand protections for children born alive after failed abortions.
Prolife Alberta, a local pro-life organization, announced a new initiative titled “Left to Die,” which seeks to expose Alberta’s current policy that leaves babies born alive after botched abortions to die without care.
“LeftToDie.ca shines a light on a tragedy most Albertans don’t even know is happening: babies being born alive after failed abortions and left to die without care,” a Prolife Alberta spokesperson told LifeSiteNews.
“Using official government data, we are exposing this hidden reality and mobilizing grassroots citizens to press Alberta’s elected officials to act,” the spokesperson continued. “Our goal is to see AHS policies revised so this practice can no longer continue, and to establish clear protections ensuring that every child born alive — no matter the circumstances — receives the same right to medical care and comfort as any other newborn.”
According to official data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), which is the federal agency in charge of reporting the nation’s health data, in 2023-2024, there were a staggering 133 late-term abortions in Alberta. Of these, 28 babies were born alive after the abortion and left to die.
This fact was recently exposed in an opinion piece published by the Western Standard from Richard Dur, who serves as the executive director of Prolife Alberta.
However, so far, Alberta officially has failed to introduce legislation to protect babies born alive after abortions despite knowing about the situation.
As Prolife Alberta pointed out, “twenty-five years ago, as a columnist for the Calgary Herald, Danielle Smith exposed the horror of babies being born alive after failed abortions and left to die – a ‘horrific practice,’ in her own words.”
“Today, as Premier of Alberta, she is in a position not just to write about this injustice — but to end it,” the organization explained. “Every day adds to 25 years of silence since that article was published. Her silence — and that of her government — sustains the policy.”
The new campaign encourages Albertans to educate themselves regarding the situation and to share this information and the campaign with their family and friends. Albertans are also advised to contact their local MLA through the new website and to urge them to support protections for babies born alive.
“Regardless of where one stands on abortion, life after birth should matter to all of us,” Prolife Alberta told LifeSiteNews. “To deny a living child even the most basic medical care — merely because of the circumstances of their birth — is a profound moral failure.”
“These human beings have survived an attempt on their life in the womb, only to be abandoned to death outside it,” the organization continued. “Revising health policies that permit this would not regulate or restrict abortion in any way, but it could save a newborn child’s life.”
As reported by LifeSiteNews recently, 150 babies were born after botched abortions in 2023-2024 in Canada. However, it’s not known how many survived.
Similarly, reports from 2018 have indicated that 766 babies were born alive after late-term abortions in Canada between 2013 and 2018 and presumably left to die.
