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Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must exercise in the event a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
A health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to another child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) immediately admit the child to a hospital. The bill also requires a health care practitioner or other employee to immediately report any failure to comply with this requirement to law enforcement.
A person who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
Additionally, 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 for conspiracy to violate these provisions, 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 bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 311 as introduced in Senate on Jan 31, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 25, 2019Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 25, 2020
Senate Feb 25, 2019 · the primary vote
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: The Motion to Proceed to S. 311
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
53 Yea 44 Nay 3 not voting
Party-line vote 3 of 97 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 311 and vote against it. 40 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 311 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
30 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.