US Congress Senate Bill 220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 37-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act This bill amends 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: (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. The term "born alive" means 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. Also, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with these requirements must immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency. An individual who violates the provisions of this bill is 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 is 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 woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill.

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]
Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB37 (Same As) 2017-01-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HB4712 (Same As) 2018-01-20 - Received in the Senate.
HR694 (Similar To) 2018-01-18 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/220/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s220/BILLS-115s220is.pdf