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.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Introduced on Jan 28, 2021
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on January 28, 2021. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Scalise and Wagner Reintroduce Born-Alive Act for 117th Congress”
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Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA1]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jan 29, 2021
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Jan 28, 2021
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H.R. 619 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 619. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
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