Uncertainty over 'Born Alive' bill stokes fears
Breanna Villanueva holds her son Rocky at their home in Kalispell on Wednesday, Nov. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Breanna Villanueva and her son Rocky watch the snow fall from a window inside their home in Kalispell on Wednesday, Nov. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Breanna Villanueva shows hospital items from the premature birth of her son Rocky, who was born at 25 weeks. Shown are a note from her NICU nurse with the footprints of her son; a preemie 3 diaper; a tiny blood pressure cuff; and a newborn hospital hat at Villanueva's home in Kalispell on Wednesday, Nov. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Breanna Villanueva pages through a photo book from the birth of her son Rocky at her home in Kalispell on Wednesday, Nov. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
When Breanna Villanueva of Kalispell sat down to fill out her ballot, she became concerned about the wording in Legislative Referendum 131, worried it might take the option of palliative or comfort care away from parents who know their baby will not survive.
LR-131, also known as the “Born Alive Infant Protection Act,” requires medical providers take necessary actions to preserve the life of a born-alive infant, or else face the threat of a $50,000 fine and 20 years in prison...
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