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S. 6119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Sponsored by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) · 50 active : 50 Republicans
Latest action: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (CR S294-295)
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBorn-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.
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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.
An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations.
Committees and subjects
Committees
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Congress.gov lists no committee activity for this bill yet, so no member gets the gatekeeper bonus in swing-v3.
Subjects
- Abortion
- Civil actions and liability
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Health personnel
- Legal fees and court costs
- Medical ethics
- Violent crime
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 33Middle 30–70
- 61Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
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Cosponsors
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- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
