HR 21
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO-2]
- Cosponsors
- 163
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- 2025-01-03
- Latest action
- 2025-01-24: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-24: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2025-01-23: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-01-23: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 204, 1 Present (Roll no. 27). (text: CR H335-336)
- 2025-01-23: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 204, 1 Present (Roll no. 27). (text: CR H335-336)
- 2025-01-23: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 216 (Roll no. 26).