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H.R. 3504: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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H.R. 3504: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 506 (2015): On Passage, HR3504 (2015-09-18), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (Sec. 3) 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.

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Official text

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] · 98 cosponsors

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Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Trent Kelly (R-MS), David Rouzer (R-NC), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John R. Carter (R-TX), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Brian Babin (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) and 38 more.

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr3504 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114