Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 21

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 24, 2025Crime and Law Enforcement

Plain-English 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.

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Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Timothy L Rep Walberg

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Barry Loudermilk

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Nicholas J. Begich III

Cosponsor · Republican · AK

Brandon Gill

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Anna Paulina Luna

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Thomas Earl Emmer Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

John Joyce

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Tim Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Glenn Thompson

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Troy Downing

Cosponsor · Republican · MT

Michael Guest

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

John R. Carter

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Robert J. Wittman

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Pete Sessions

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Eric Burlison

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

William Troy Balderson

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

James Austin Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Russell Fry

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Earl Leroy Carter

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Aaron Bean

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Russell Fulcher

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

George J Kelly Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Juan Ciscomani

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

Chip Roy

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

S. Brett Brett Hon. Guthrie

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Gregory Francis Dr. Murphy

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Virginia Ann Foxx

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Lance Gooden

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Tony Wied

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Kevin Hern

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Andy Ogles

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Bruce Westerman

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Cliff Bentz

Cosponsor · Republican · OR

William P Huizenga

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Andrew P Harris

Cosponsor · Republican · MD

Randall Feenstra

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Richard Hudson

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

David Rouzer

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Tom Cole

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Stephanie I. Bice

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

William R Timmons IV

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Benjamin Lee Cline

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Greg Steube

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Dan Newhouse

Cosponsor · Republican · WA

Riley M. Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Vince Fong

Cosponsor · Republican · CA

Daniel Webster

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Ken Calvert

Cosponsor · Republican · CA

Stephen A The Hon Womack

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Glenn Grothman

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Guy Reschenthaler

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Richard McCormick

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Jodey C. Arrington

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Darin LaHood

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

James French Hill

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Christopher H. Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Peter Allen Stauber

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Michelle Fischbach

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Ann Wagner

Sponsor · Republican · MO

John Bergman

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Frank D. Lucas

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Mike Flood

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Claudia Tenney

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

David Kustoff

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Laurel M. Lee

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Craig A. Goldman

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Brad Finstad

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Harriet M. Hageman

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Cosponsor · Republican · AR

Maria Elvira Salazar

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Daniel Crenshaw

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Mario Diaz-Balart

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Donald J Bacon

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Michael Rogers

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Julia Letlow

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Julie Fedorchak

Cosponsor · Republican · ND

Josh Brecheen

Cosponsor · Republican · OK

Robert F. Onder, Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Diana Harshbarger

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

John Trent Kelly

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

August Lee Pfluger II

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Dale W. Strong

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Erin Houchin

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Andrew Clyde

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Andy Biggs

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

Mike Haridopolos

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Rudy Yakym III

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Roger Williams

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Ron Estes

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Walter Michael Ezell

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Keith Self

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Adrian Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

James Comer

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Mark E. Amodei

Cosponsor · Republican · NV

Sheri Biggs

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Carlos A. Gimenez

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

David J. Taylor

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Clay Higgins

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Warren Davidson

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Tracey Mann

Cosponsor · Republican · KS

Dusty Johnson

Cosponsor · Republican · SD

Nicole Malliotakis

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Scott Franklin

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Kat Cammack

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

John Kevin Ellzey Sr.

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Lisa C. McClain

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Brad Knott

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Troy Nehls

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Gus M Bilirakis

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Patrick Fallon

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Tim Burchett

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Burgess Owens

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Ronny Jackson

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Carol D. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · WV

Doug Lamalfa

Cosponsor · Republican · CA

Felix Barry Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Cory Mills

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Daniel Meuser

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Jeff Mr Van Drew

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Nathaniel Moran

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

John H. Rutherford

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Mark B. Messmer

Cosponsor · Republican · IN

Randy K. Weber, Sr.

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Gary J. Palmer

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Jason T Smith

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Mark Dr. Green

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Richard W Allen

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Michael Bost

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Joe Wilson

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Celeste Maloy

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Steve Mr Scalise

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

Scott Fitzgerald

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Morgan Luttrell

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Brian Babin

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Michael R Rep. Turner

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Michael A Collins Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

John W. Rose

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Garland Andy Barr

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Lloyd Smucker

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

John R. Moolenaar

Cosponsor · Republican · MI

Mary E. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Robert E. Latta

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Ashley Hinson Arenholz

Cosponsor · Republican · IA

Neal Patrick Md Facs Dunn

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

David P. Joyce

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Jeff Crank

Cosponsor · Republican · CO

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Michael K. Simpson

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

Blake D. Moore

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Thomas Mcclintock

Cosponsor · Republican · CA

Nancy Mace

Cosponsor · Republican · SC

Samuel B. Graves Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · MO

Addison P. McDowell

Cosponsor · Republican · NC

Darrell Issa

Cosponsor · Republican · CA

Mike Carey

Cosponsor · Republican · OH

Robert B. Aderholt

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Tom Tiffany

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Cosponsor · Republican · GA

Nick Langworthy

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

John J. McGuire III

Cosponsor · Republican · VA

Andrew R. Garbarino

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

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Official Subjects

Crime and Law EnforcementCivil actions and liabilityCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationHealth personnelAbortionMedical ethicsViolent crimeLegal fees and court costs

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