118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 204Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

Crime and law enforcement
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Last action Feb 1, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

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 ca...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.