US Congress Senate Bill 2066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 39-0)
Status: Introduced on September 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-22 - 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 Act 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 legislation bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate the provisions of this Act, 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 Act.

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
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. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB3504 (Same As) 2015-09-22 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2066/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2066/BILLS-114s2066is.pdf