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Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act of 2019 (H.R. 962)
This law was last updated on Sep 18, 2019
This law is Anti–Choice
Number
H.R. 962
Status
Proposed
Proposed
Feb 5, 2019
Topics
Later AbortionFull Bill Text
H.R. 962 would amend 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 exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital.
Under federal law, the term “born alive” is defined as:
“[…]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.”
The bill would require a health-care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements to immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency.
An individual who violates the provisions of this bill would be 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 would be 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 pregnant person who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill.
Related Legislation
Identical to S. 130 and S. 311.
Identical to H.R. 37, H.R. 4712, and S. 220, all of which failed to pass during the 2017-2018 legislative session.
Identical to H.R. 3504/S. 2066, which failed to pass during the 2015-2016 legislative session.
Latest Action
2/5/19 – Introduced; referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
3/22/19 – Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
People
Co-sponsor
- James Sensenbrenner
- Brian Mast
- John Ratcliffe
- Mac Thornberry
- James Comer
- Garret Graves
- Mike Gallagher
- Greg Gianforte
- Adam Kinzinger
- Bill Posey
- Michael Cloud
- Dan Newhouse
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- John Curtis
- Mike D. Rogers
- Susan W. Brooks
- Mark E. Amodei
- Scott Tipton
- Kay Granger
- Ron Wright
- John Joyce
- Dan Meuser
- Chip Roy
- Michael Waltz
- James Baird
- Pete Stauber
- Tim Burchett
- Dusty Johnson
- Greg Pence
- Dan Crenshaw
- Elise Stefanik
- Will Hurd
- Bryan Steil
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Denver Riggleman
- Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon
- Steve Watkins
- Michael Guest
- Kevin Hern
- James Hagedorn
- John Rose
- Kelly Armstrong
- Henry Cuellar
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Amata Radewagen
- Ralph Abraham
- Earl Carter
- Rick Allen
- Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
- Jody Hice
- Jeff Duncan
- Tom Graves
- Pete Olson
- Robert Wittman
- Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Gary Palmer
- Markwayne Mullin
- Trent Kelly
- Warren Davidson
- Gus Bilirakis
- Paul Gosar
- David Rouzer
- Brad Wenstrup
- Steve King
- Bob Gibbs
- John Shimkus
- Jim Banks
- Bradley Byrne
- John Moolenaar
- David Joyce
- Bill Flores
- Tim Walberg
- Alexander Mooney
- Chris Stewart
- French Hill
- Tom Emmer
- Brian Babin
- Michael Turner
- Ted Yoho
- Duncan Hunter
- Roger Marshall
- Garland Barr
- Paul Mitchell
- Adrian Smith
- Drew Ferguson
- Don Bacon
- Charles Fleischmann
- Jody Arrington
- Daniel Webster
- Mark Walker
- Randy Weber
- Mark Meadows
- Jack Bergman
- Richard Hudson
- Liz Cheney
- Ken Buck
- Rodney Davis
- David Kustoff
- Trey Hollingsworth
- Ted Budd
- Glenn Thompson
- Neal Dunn
- Mo Brooks
- Roger Williams
- Rob Woodall
- Jaime Herrera Beutler
- Darin LaHood
- Scott Perry
- Francis Rooney
- Clay Higgins
- George Holding
- Steve Stivers
- Ron Estes
- Michael McCaul
- Michael Burgess
- Paul Cook
- Tom McClintock
- Michael Simpson
- John Rutherford
- Doug LaMalfa
- Chris Collins
- Andy Biggs
- Lee Zeldin
- Benjamin Cline
- Greg Steube
- William Timmons
- Frederick Keller
- Tom Rice
- Guy Reschenthaler
- Mike Johnson
- Troy Balderson
- Nicholas Taylor
- Mark Green
- Patrick McHenry
- Kevin McCarthy
- Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
- Jackie Walorski
- Virginia Foxx
- Christopher H. Smith
- Mike Bost
- Russell Fulcher
- Carol Miller
- Jason Smith
- Ralph W. Norman
- Glenn Grothman
- Lloyd K. Smucker
- Doug Lamborn
- Louie Gohmert
- Bill Huizenga
- Mike Kelly
- David P. Roe
- Andy Harris
- Steve Scalise
- Jim Jordan
- Larry Bucshon
- Vicky Hartzler
- Robert Aderholt
- Austin Scott
- Kenny Marchant
- Martha Roby
- Harold Rogers
- David Schweikert
- David B. McKinley
- Daniel Lipinski
- Jeff Fortenberry
- Bill Johnson
- Robert E. Latta
- Steve Chabot
- K. Michael Conaway
- Joe Wilson
- Ken Calvert
- Sean P. Duffy
- John R. Carter
- Steven M. Palazzo
- Brett Guthrie
- Rob Bishop
- Billy Long
- Collin C. Peterson
- Sam Graves
- Tom Cole
- Steve Womack
- Kevin Brady
- Lance Gooden
- Vern Buchanan
- Matt Gaetz
- Ross Spano
- Barry Loudermilk
- Debbie Lesko
- Doug Collins
- Bruce Westerman
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