Federal - S 123
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Introduced
January 28, 2021
Description
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 123), sponsored by Senator Ben Sasse (R-Ne.), would enact an explicit requirement that a baby born alive during an abortion must be afforded “the same degree” of care that would apply “to any other child born alive at the same gestational age,” including transportation to a hospital. In addition, the bill applies the existing penalties of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1111 (the federal murder statute) to anyone who performs “an overt act that kills a child born alive.” The bill also empowers women with a right to sue their abortionists and others for harm caused by violations of the act. National Right to Life strongly supports the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The companion bill in the U.S. House is H.R. 619, sponsored by Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO).
Our Position
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 45
- Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
- Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID)
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R-AK)
- Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
- Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)
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Jan. 28, 2021 — Original cosponsor(s): 45
Barrasso, (R-Wyo.) Graham, L. (R-S.C.) Paul, (R-Ky.) Blackburn, (R-Tenn.) Grassley, (R-Iowa) Portman, (R-Ohio) Blunt, (R-Mo.) Hagerty, (R-Tenn.) Risch, (R-Idaho) Boozman, (R-Ark.) Hawley, (R-Mo.) Romney, (R-Utah) Burr, (R-N.C.) Hoeven, (R-N.D.) Rounds, (R-S.D.) Braun, (R-Ind.) Hyde-Smith, (R-Miss.) Rubio, (R-Fla.) Cassidy, (R-La.) Inhofe, (R-Okla.) Scott, (R-Fla.) Cornyn, (R-Texas) Johnson, R. (R-Wis.) Scott, T. (R-S.C.) Cotton, (R-Ark.) Kennedy, John (R-La.) Shelby, (R-Ala.) Cramer, (R-N.D.) Lankford, (R-Okla.) Sullivan, (R-Alaska) Crapo, (R-Idaho) Lee, M. (R-Utah) Thune, (R-S.D.) Cruz, (R-Texas) Lummis, (R-Wyo.) Tillis, (R-N.C.) Daines, (R-Mont.) Marshall, (R-Kan.) Toomey, (R-Pa.) Ernst, (R-Iowa) McConnell, (R-Ky.) Wicker, (R-Miss.) Fischer, (R-Neb.) Moran, (R-Kan.) Young, T. (R-Ind.) Jan. 28, 2021 — Read twice and referred to: Senate Judiciary.Congressional Record p. S198