Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
January 24, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Version history
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View official text →The Frame
The bill establishes federal legal requirements for medical practitioners to provide specific care to infants during an abortion procedure, potentially impacting medical protocols and legal liability for healthcare providers.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Healthcare practitioners
They are subject to new federal requirements regarding the care and reporting of infants born alive during abortion procedures.
Medical facilities
They may be required to adjust protocols for the care and transfer of infants born alive during abortion procedures.
Current stage: in_committee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Key Facts
- The bill requires healthcare practitioners to exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of an infant born alive as they would for any other child born at the same gestational age.
- The bill mandates that after the required care is provided, the infant must be immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.
- The bill requires any healthcare practitioner or employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements to report the failure to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
- The bill is currently in the Senate and has been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary for review.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Why It Matters
The bill establishes federal legal requirements for medical practitioners to provide specific care to infants during an abortion procedure, potentially impacting medical protocols and legal liability for healthcare providers.
News Coverage
Voting Record
Total
421
Yes
217
No
204
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (421)
Michael Lawler
R · yes
Mark Green
R · yes
Ann Wagner
R · yes
Sara Jacobs
D · no
Ralph Norman
R · yes
Pete Sessions
R · yes
Claudia Tenney
R · yes
Deborah Ross
D · no
Michael Guest
R · yes
Herbert Conaway
D · no
Al Green
D · no
Shontel Brown
D · no
Bryan Steil
R · yes
Andy Barr
R · yes
H. Griffith
R · yes
Addison McDowell
R · yes
Dan Crenshaw
R · yes
Clay Higgins
R · yes
Ron Estes
R · yes
Chellie Pingree
D · no
Becca Balint
D · no
Scott Fitzgerald
R · yes
Jared Moskowitz
D · no
Jeff Crank
R · yes
+ 397 more
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Federalization of Medical Standards
The bill seeks to establish federal standards for specific medical procedures that are typically governed by state law and medical board regulations.
Connected Entities
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy95Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment20Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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