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Ann Wagner (R-MO)

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

H.R. 21 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 163 Republican cosponsors · See all 163 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House 217–204
  3. In Senate committee

What this bill would do

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act aims to amend title 18 of the United States Code regarding health care requirements. It requires health care practitioners to provide a specific degree of care to a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion. Specifically, practitioners must exercise skill and diligence to preserve the child's life and health and ensure immediate hospital admission. The bill also mandates that employees report any failure to comply with these standards to law enforcement. It establishes criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for those who violate these requirements. Finally, the Act provides for civil remedies available to the woman upon whom the abortion was performed.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +8

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill requires health care practitioners to use skill and diligence to preserve the life and health of born-alive infants.

  • Scored +5

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    The bill establishes civil remedies and statutory damages for violations of care requirements.

  • Scored +5

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    The bill mandates specific care and hospital admission for infants born alive following an abortion.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.

What Congress actually voted on

2 recorded votes have been taken on this bill. One of them decided something; the rest moved it along.

  • The House: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Passed 217 yes · 204 no

    See who voted how →

    01/23/2025 · Roll call 27 · recorded as “On Passage”