Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Latest action (Jan 24, 2025) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on the Judiciary.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Jan 3, 2025This 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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Areas of law−8
Amends 2 titles of the US Code (1 and 18) rather than one.
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What Congress did
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Jan 23, 2025
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Jan 23, 2025
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
5 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Academy of Family Physiciansno position stated
“…Mobility Act No Bill No. - Health Care Workforce Expansion Act No Bill No. - TRUTH in Labeling Act No Bill No. - NIH Clinical Trial Integrity Act (H.R. 21/S.6) - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 1061) - Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (S. 229) - Drug Price Transparency for…” filing ↗
- American Medical Associationno position stated
“…2025, all provisions H.R. 483, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 639, Doctor Knows Best Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 27, HALT Fentanyl Act, all provisions H.R. 1539, Medical Device Electronic…” filing ↗
- American Psychiatric Associationno position stated
“H.R. 21/S. 6 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act H.R.1096 - HOPE and Mental Wellbeing Act of 2025 H.R. 929/S. 266 - Lorna Breen Health Care…” filing ↗
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc.no position stated
“Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 6/H.R. 21) Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (H.R. 846/S. 589) Right to Contraception Act (S. 422/H.R. 999) Expressing the sense of the House…” filing ↗
- Reproductive Freedom for Allno position stated
“…H.R.21 and S.6, the so-called Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection…” filing ↗
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