Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 3, 2025)
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
Specifically, a health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as would reasonably be provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Additionally, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the degree-of-care requirements must immediately report such failure to law enforcement.
A health care practitioner who fails to provide the required degree of care, or a health care practitioner or other employee who fails to report such failure, is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations.
What just happenedJan 24, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateJan 24, 2025
- Engrossed in HouseJan 23, 2025
- Introduced in HouseJan 3, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 23, 2025FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH37100
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 204, 1 Present (Roll no. 27). (text: CR H335-336)
- Jan 23, 2025Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 204, 1 Present (Roll no. 27). (text: CR H335-336)
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH36210
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 216 (Roll no. 26).
Judiciary Committee - Jan 23, 2025FloorH30000
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H347-348)
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH8D000
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 21, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Chu demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH8A000
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH36200
Ms. Chu moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H344-345)
Judiciary Committee - Jan 23, 2025FloorH35000
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 21.
- Jan 23, 2025FloorH30000
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H335-345)
- Jan 3, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 3, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House