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H.R. 21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-03 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Official title

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Plain summary

Born-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. 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.

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Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · 163 cosponsors

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Steve Scalise (R-LA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Dale W. Strong (R-AL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sam Graves (R-MO), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), J. French Hill (R-AR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Steve Womack (R-AR), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), John Joyce (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Josh Brecheen (R-OK) and 103 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] reported raising $4.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr21 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills