S 220 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Ben Sasse R-NE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 24, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term "born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut.

Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency.

An individual who violates the provisions of this bill is subject to a criminal fine, up to five years in prison, or both.

An individual who commits an overt act that kills a child born alive is subject to criminal prosecution for murder.

The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of felony.

A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to Jul 31, 2018, with 27 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-GADavid PerdueOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalJan 24, 2017
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalJan 24, 2017
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 24, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 37Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActIdentical billJan 12, 2017

Subjects

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  1. Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate

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