Sets care and reporting requirements for infants born alive after an attempted abortion

§1What it does

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This bill would require any health care practitioner present when a child is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion to give the child care equal to what would reasonably be provided to any other newborn of the same gestational age, and to make sure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital.^2,3 Practitioners and other employees who know of a failure to provide that care would have to report it to law enforcement immediately, and failing to provide the care or to report it could be punished by fines, prison terms of up to five years, or both.² Intentionally killing or attempting to kill such a child could be prosecuted as murder, while the mother could not be prosecuted under the bill and could sue a practitioner or employee who violated it.²

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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