Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Amends Title 18 to require health care practitioners to provide the same degree of care to any infant born alive after an abortion as to other newborns of the same gestational age, immediately transport the infant to a hospital, and report failures. It creates criminal penalties (fines and up to five years imprisonment) for violations, makes intentional killing of such a child punishable as murder, bars prosecution of the mother, and provides civil remedies including treble statutory damages and attorney’s fees.
Progressives emphasize chilling effects on medical care and access.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear substantive statute that imposes duties, penalties, and civil remedies and integrates with several existing provisions of Title 18.
Amends Title 18 to require health care practitioners to provide the same degree of care to any infant born alive after an abortion as to other newborns of the same gestational age, immediately transport the infant to a hospital, and report failures.
It creates criminal penalties (fines and up to five years imprisonment) for violations, makes intentional killing of such a child punishable as murder, bars prosecution of the mother, and provides civil remedies including treble statutory damages and attorney’s fees.
The bill also adds definitional language for ‘abortion’ and ‘attempt’ and updates chapter headings.
Content is legally implementable but politically charged; passage depends heavily on overcoming Senate hurdles and interbranch/state resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear substantive statute that imposes duties, penalties, and civil remedies and integrates with several existing provisions of Title 18. It clearly states its purpose and sets out enforceable provisions, but leaves multiple operative terms and implementation details ambiguous and omits fiscal and administrative scaffolding.
Progressives emphasize chilling effects on medical care and access.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize chilling effects on medical care and access.
Likely views the bill as redundant in some clinical settings but risky because it criminalizes providers and could chill standard medical care.
Concern centers on vague legal standards, mandatory reporting to law enforcement, and civil penalties that may deter providers from offering reproductive health services.
Notes the mother is exempt from prosecution, but worries about broader impacts on abortion access and clinical judgment.
Views the bill as principled in protecting infants but worries about vague legal language and unintended consequences for clinical care.
Would seek clearer medical definitions, due-process safeguards, and implementation guidance to avoid politicized enforcement and excessive litigation.
Open to the concept if narrowed and clarified.
Likely strongly supportive as it affirms legal personhood for infants born alive and holds practitioners criminally and civilly accountable for failures.
Sees the bill as necessary to prevent neglect or intentional killing and to ensure immediate care and hospital admission.
Views the law as filling perceived legal gaps.
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Content is legally implementable but politically charged; passage depends heavily on overcoming Senate hurdles and interbranch/state resistance.
The House passed this bill. It now goes to the other chamber, and eventually to the President for signature.
The final vote on whether the bill becomes law (pending the other chamber and the President).
The attempt to send the bill back to committee failed. The bill continues moving forward.
A motion to recommit sends a bill back to committee, often as a last-ditch attempt to stop it.
Progressives emphasize chilling effects on medical care and access.
Content is legally implementable but politically charged; passage depends heavily on overcoming Senate hurdles and interbranch/state resist…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear substantive statute that imposes duties, penalties, and civil remedies and integrates with several existing provisions of Title 18. It clearly states its p…
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