
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504)
This law was last updated on Oct 8, 2018
This law is Anti–Choice
Number
H.R. 3504
Status
Failed to Pass
Proposed
Sep 15, 2015
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 98
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 99
Topics
Later AbortionFull Bill Text
H.R. 3504 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
Companion bill to S. 2066.
People
Co-sponsor
- John Ratcliffe
- Garret Graves
- Todd Young
- Jason Chaffetz
- Ron DeSantis
- Marlin A. Stutzman
- Dan Newhouse
- Matt Salmon
- Mick Mulvaney
- Ralph Abraham
- Earl Carter
- Jody Hice
- Blake Farenthold
- Pete Olson
- Robert Wittman
- Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Markwayne Mullin
- Keith Rothfus
- Trent Kelly
- Mia Love
- Luke Messer
- Peter Roskam
- Gus Bilirakis
- Paul Gosar
- David Rouzer
- Robert Pittenger
- Steve King
- Bob Gibbs
- John Shimkus
- David Joyce
- Bill Flores
- Alexander Mooney
- Todd Rokita
- Kevin Cramer
- Chris Stewart
- Brian Babin
- Ted Yoho
- Bill Shuster
- Adrian Smith
- Mark Meadows
- Richard Hudson
- Rodney Davis
- Glenn Thompson
- Kristi Noem
- Stevan Pearce
- Gregg Harper
- John Duncan
- Thomas J. Rooney
- Joe Barton
- Stephen Knight
- Pete Sessions
- Ann Wagner
- Christopher H. Smith
- Raul Labrador
- Glenn Grothman
- Lamar Smith
- Joseph R. Pitts
- John Fleming
- Tim Huelskamp
- Doug Lamborn
- Louie Gohmert
- Bill Huizenga
- Robert Aderholt
- Charles Boustany
- David P. Roe
- Tim Murphy
- Mike Kelly
- Jeff Fortenberry
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- Trey Gowdy
- Vicky Hartzler
- Steve Scalise
- Austin Scott
- Daniel Lipinski
- David Schweikert
- Martha Roby
- Kenny Marchant
- Stephen Lee Fincher
- Randy Neugebauer
- Marsha Blackburn
- Lynn A. Westmoreland
- Sam Johnson
- Steve Chabot
- John R. Carter
- Jeff Miller
- Bill Johnson
- Diane Black
- Brett Guthrie
- K. Michael Conaway
- Mike Pompeo
- Kevin Yoder
- Billy Long
- Lou Barletta
- Robert E. Latta
- Kevin Brady
- Barry Loudermilk
- Doug Collins
- Bruce Westerman
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