Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Long title	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
Announced in	the 118th United States Congress
Number of co-sponsors	166
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 26 by Ann Wagner (R–MO) on January 9, 2023; Committee consideration by House Judiciary; Passed the House on January 11, 2023 (220–210–1);

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is a proposed United States law that would penalize healthcare practitioners who fail to provide care for an infant that is born-alive from an abortion attempt. It was introduced in the 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses.

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