Wisconsin Born Alive Requirements Bill (AB 179)

AB 179 would require any health-care provider present at the time an abortion or attempted abortion results in a child born alive to exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as they would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. The health-care provider would also be required to ensure that the child born alive is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.

Any person who fails to provide the appropriate degree of care or ensure the child is transferred to a hospital would be guilty of a class H felony—punishable by up to six years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

The bill would also make intentionally causing the death of a child born alive as a result of an abortion or an attempted abortion a class A felony—punishable by life imprisonment.

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