Federal - HR 962
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - HR 962
Introduced
February 5, 2019
Description
This bill would protect newborns that survive abortions by requiring appropriate care and admission to a hospital. The legislation requires that, when an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, health care practitioners must exercise the same degree of professional skill and care to protect the newborn as would be offered to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. It also requires that the living child, after appropriate care has been given, be immediately transported and admitted to a hospital. Currently federal law does not adequately protect a born child who survives an abortion.
Our Position
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 192
- Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
- Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA)
- Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
- Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Rep. Donald Bacon (R-NE)
- Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN)
- Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI)
- Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
- Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL)
- Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
- Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
- Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN)
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)
- Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
- Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
- Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL)
- Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC)
- Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Rep. Earl Carter (R-GA)
- Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
- Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY)
- Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA)
- Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX)
- Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY)
- Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA)
- Rep. James Comer (R-KY)
- Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX)
- Supervisor Paul Cook (R-CA)
- Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR)
- Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Rep. John Curtis (R-UT)
- Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH)
- Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
- Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI)
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL)
- Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN)
- Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Rep. Anderson Ferguson (R-GA)
- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX)
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
- Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
- Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT)
- Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
- Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
- Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
- Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA)
- Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
- Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA)
- Rep. Mark Green (R-TN)
- Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN)
- Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)
- Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK)
- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA)
- Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Rep. French Hill (R-AR)
- Rep. George Holding (R-NC)
- Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN)
- Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
- Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
- Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX)
- Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY)
- Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)
- Rep. Dustin Johnson (R-SD)
- Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
- Rep. David Joyce (R-OH)
- Rep. John Joyce (R-PA)
- Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA)
- Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS)
- Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
- Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH)
- Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
- Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Rep. Billy Long (R-MO)
- Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
- Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
- Rep. David McKinley (R-WV)
- Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)
- Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA)
- Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV)
- Rep. Paul Mitchell (I-MI)
- Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV)
- Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC)
- Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)
- Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)
- Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN)
- Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)
- Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
- Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)
- Del. Aumua Amata (R-AS)
- Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX)
- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
- Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC)
- Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA)
- Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)
- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)
- Rep. John Rose (R-TN)
- Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)
- Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
- Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
- Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
- Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
- Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
- Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
- Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)
- Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Rep. Ross Spano (R-FL)
- Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)
- Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL)
- Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT)
- Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
- Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX)
- Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Rep. William Thornberry (R-TX)
- Rep. William Timmons (R-SC)
- Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO)
- Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)
- Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC)
- Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN)
- Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL)
- Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS)
- Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
- Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
- Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA)
- Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX)
- Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)
- Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Latest Actions See More/Less
Sept. 11, 2020 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Jacobs, (R-N.Y.) Jan. 29, 2020 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Bishop, (R-N.C.) Nov. 12, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Murphy, (R-N.C.) Aug. 6, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Keller, (R-Pa.) May 10, 2019 — Rose, R-Tenn., unanimous consent request that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of HR 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, and that the House proceed to its immediate consideration, not entertained by the chair. Congressional Record p. H3715
April 25, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Graves, G. (R-La.) April 8, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Radewagen, (R-A.S.) March 29, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Buchanan, (R-Fla.) Crawford, (R-Ark.) March 28, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Woodall, (R-Ga.) March 27, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Steube, (R-Fla.) March 26, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Hollingsworth, (R-Ind.) March 21, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Tipton, (R-Colo.) March 7, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Fitzpatrick, (R-Pa.) March 6, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 10
Amodei, (R-Nev.) King, S. (R-Iowa) Wenstrup, (R-Ohio) Brooks, S. (R-Ind.) Rutherford, (R-Fla.) Zeldin, (R-N.Y.) Dunn, (R-Fla.) Stivers, (R-Ohio) Graves, T. (R-Ga.) Thornberry, (R-Texas) March 5, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Gaetz, (R-Fla.) March 4, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Cline, (R-Va.) Hunter, (R-Calif.) Feb. 27, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Cuellar, (D-Texas) Feb. 26, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Fleischmann, (R-Tenn.) Mast, (R-Fla.) Feb. 25, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Palmer, (R-Ala.) Posey, (R-Fla.) Feb. 14, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Shimkus, (R-Ill.) Yoho, (R-Fla.) Feb. 13, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 12
Carter, E.L. (R-Ga.) Kelly, T. (R-Miss.) Simpson, (R-Idaho) Comer, (R-Ky.) LaHood, (R-Ill.) Smith, Adrian (R-Neb.) Diaz-Balart, (R-Fla.) Moolenaar, (R-Mich.) Spano, (R-Fla.) Fortenberry, (R-Neb.) Rouzer, (R-N.C.) Womack, (R-Ark.) Feb. 11, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 12
Cole, (R-Okla.) Lipinski, (D-Ill.) McMorris Rodgers, (R-Wash.) Crenshaw, (R-Texas) Long, (R-Mo.) Peterson, (D-Minn.) Graves, S. (R-Mo.) McHenry, (R-N.C.) Schweikert, (R-Ariz.) Hill, (R-Ark.) McKinley, (R-W.Va.) Sensenbrenner, (R-Wis.) Feb. 8, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 13
Bishop, R. (R-Utah) Herrera Beutler, (R-Wash.) Roby, (R-Ala.) Cloud, (R-Texas) LaMalfa, (R-Calif.) Rogers, H. (R-Ky.) Gonzalez-Colon, J. (R-P.R.) Meuser, (R-Pa.) Taylor, V. (R-Texas) Gooden, (R-Texas) Palazzo, (R-Miss.) Guthrie, (R-Ky.) Perry, (R-Pa.) Feb. 7, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 38
Aderholt, R. (R-Ala.) Gallagher, (R-Wis.) Reschenthaler, (R-Pa.) Baird, (R-Ind.) Gonzalez, (R-Ohio) Riggleman, (R-Va.) Bergman, (R-Mich.) Guest, (R-Miss.) Rooney, F. (R-Fla.) Biggs, (R-Ariz.) Holding, (R-N.C.) Rose, (R-Tenn.) Bilirakis, (R-Fla.) Joyce, (R-Ohio) Scott, D. (D-Ga.) Buck, (R-Colo.) Lesko, (R-Ariz.) Smith, C. (R-N.J.) Carter, J. (R-Texas) Loudermilk, (R-Ga.) Steil, (R-Wis.) Cook, (R-Calif.) Marchant, (R-Texas) Turner, (R-Ohio) Curtis, (R-Utah) McCaul, (R-Texas) Waltz, (R-Fla.) Davis, R. (R-Ill.) Meadows, (R-N.C.) Watkins, (R-Kan.) Duffy, (R-Wis.) Miller, (R-W.Va.) Webster, (R-Fla.) Flores, (R-Texas) Mitchell, (R-Mich.) Wright, (R-Texas) Fulcher, (R-Idaho) Olson, (R-Texas) Feb. 6, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 36
Armstrong, (R-N.D.) Estes, (R-Kan.) Luetkemeyer, (R-Mo.) Arrington, (R-Texas) Gohmert, (R-Texas) McClintock, (R-Calif.) Balderson, (R-Ohio) Granger, (R-Texas) Newhouse, (R-Wash.) Brady, K. (R-Texas) Grothman, (R-Wis.) Pence, (R-Ind.) Brooks, M. (R-Ala.) Hagedorn, (R-Minn.) Rice, T. (R-S.C.) Bucshon, (R-Ind.) Harder, (D-Calif.) Rogers, M. (R-Ala.) Budd, (R-N.C.) Hern, (R-Okla.) Smith, J. (R-Mo.) Burchett, (R-Tenn.) Higgins, C. (R-La.) Stefanik, (R-N.Y.) Burgess, (R-Texas) Hudson, (R-N.C.) Thompson, G. (R-Pa.) Byrne, (R-Ala.) Hurd, (R-Texas) Westerman, (R-Ark.) Calvert, (R-Calif.) Johnson, (R-S.D.) Williams, (R-Texas) Conaway, (R-Texas) Kustoff, (R-Tenn.) Wilson, J. (R-S.C.) Feb. 5, 2019 — Original cosponsor(s): 48
Abraham, (R-La.) Gianforte, (R-Mont.) Mullin, (R-Okla.) Allen, (R-Ga.) Gibbs, (R-Ohio) Marshall, (R-Kan.) Babin, (R-Texas) Gosar, (R-Ariz.) Norman, (R-S.C.) Bacon, (R-Neb.) Green, (R-Tenn.) Ratcliffe, (R-Texas) Banks, (R-Ind.) Harris, A. (R-Md.) Roe, (R-Tenn.) Barr, (R-Ky.) Hice, (R-Ga.) Roy, (R-Texas) Bost, (R-Ill.) Huizenga, (R-Mich.) Scalise, (R-La.) Chabot, (R-Ohio) Johnson, B. (R-Ohio) Smucker, (R-Pa.) Cheney, (R-Wyo.) Johnson, M. (R-La.) Stauber, (R-Minn.) Collins, C. (R-N.Y.) Jordan, (R-Ohio) Stewart, (R-Utah) Collins, D. (R-Ga.) Joyce, (R-Pa.) Timmons (R-S.C.) Davidson, (R-Ohio) Kelly, M. (R-Pa.) Walberg, (R-Mich.) Duncan, Jeff (R-S.C.) Lamborn, (R-Colo.) Walker, (R-N.C.) Emmer, (R-Minn.) Latta, (R-Ohio) Walorski, (R-Ind.) Ferguson, (R-Ga.) McCarthy, (R-Calif.) Weber, (R-Texas) Foxx, (R-N.C.) Mooney, (R-W.Va.) Wittman, (R-Va.) Feb. 5, 2019 — Read twice and referred to: House Judiciary.Congressional Record p. H1361
Commentary
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Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
Protecting Born-Alive Infants
Shouldn’t Be Partisan