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119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement

S. 6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jan 15, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Jan 15, 2025

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.

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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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

1 vote on this bill

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  • Jan 22, 2025SenateClotureFailed, yea-nay 52–47
    Roll call 11 tally by party
    PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
    Democrats04500
    Republicans52001
    Independents0200
    Total524701

    Senate roll call 11: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected.

    How each member voted (100)

Amendments

0 offered

No amendments were offered to this bill.

Cosponsors

50

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1James Lankford R-OK SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced3 events+12
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History

  1. Jan 15, 2025Introduced in the Senate by James Lankford.
Show the full action history (8 actions)
  1. Jan 22, 2025Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S283)
  2. Jan 22, 2025Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (CR S294-295)
  3. Jan 21, 2025Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S275-276)
  4. Jan 20, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S258)
  5. Jan 20, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S258)
  6. Jan 16, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
  7. Jan 15, 2025Introduced in Senate
  8. Jan 15, 2025Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.