S 6
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
- Introduced
- Sponsor
- Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
- Cosponsors
- 49
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Latest action
- 2025-01-22: Cloture 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)
Recent actions
- 2025-01-22: Cloture 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)
- 2025-01-22: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S283)
- 2025-01-21: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S275-276)
- 2025-01-20: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S258)
- 2025-01-20: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S258)