S 311 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - National Key Vote
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Timeline
- Senate Cloture Not Invoked
- Feb. 25, 2020
- Introduced
- Jan. 31, 2019
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Title: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote on a motion to invoke cloture on a bill that establishes requirements for health care practitioners to exercise in the event that a child is born alive following an attempted abortion.
Highlights:
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Requires a health care practitioner who is present at the time that a child is born after an attempted abortion to (Sec. 3):
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Exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child they would render to any other child born at the same gestational age; and
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Ensure that the child is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.
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Requires a health care practitioner or an employee of a hospital, a physician’s office, or an abortion clinic who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the requirements listed above to immediately report the failure to an appropriate state or federal law enforcement agency (Sec. 3).
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Specifies that whoever violates the above requirements will be fined, imprisoned up to 5 years, or both (Sec. 3).
Title: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- Lamar Alexander (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Barrasso (WY - R)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R)
- Roy Blunt (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John N. Boozman (AR - R)
- Michael 'Mike' Braun (IN - R)
- Richard M. Burr (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Shelley Moore Capito (WV - R)
- William 'Bill' Cassidy (LA - R)
- John Cornyn (TX - R)
- Thomas 'Tom' Cotton (AR - R)
- Kevin Cramer (ND - R)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - R)
- Rafael Edward 'Ted' Cruz (TX - R)
- Steve Daines (MT - R)
- Michael Bradley 'Mike' Enzi (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joni K. Ernst (IA - R)
- Debra 'Deb' Fischer (NE - R)
- Cory Gardner (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Joshua David 'Josh' Hawley (MO - R)
- John H. Hoeven (ND - R)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS - R)
- James Mountain 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- John H. 'Johnny' Isakson (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald H. 'Ron' Johnson (WI - R)
- John Neely Kennedy (LA - R)
- James Lankford (OK - R)
- Michael 'Mike' Lee (UT - R)
- Addison Mitchell 'Mitch' McConnell Jr. (KY - R)
- Martha McSally (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gerald W. 'Jerry' Moran (KS - R)
- Rand Paul (KY - R)
- David A. Perdue (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Portman (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- James E. 'Jim' Risch (ID - R)
- Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Willard Mitt Romney (UT - R)
- Marion Michael 'Mike' Rounds (SD - R)
- Marco Rubio (FL - R)
- Richard Lynn 'Rick' Scott (FL - R)
- Timothy E. 'Tim' Scott (SC - R)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel S. 'Dan' Sullivan (AK - R)
- John R. Thune (SD - R)
- Thomas Roland 'Thom' Tillis (NC - R)
- Patrick J. 'Pat' Toomey (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roger F. Wicker (MS - R)
- Todd C. Young (IN - R)
More Info About this Vote
NOTE: THIS IS A VOTE TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON A MOTION TO PROCEED, WHICH SENDS THE LEGISLATION TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE FOR DEBATE AND AMENDMENT. A MOTION TO PROCEED ALONE REQUIRES A MAJORITY FOR APPROVAL. HOWEVER, THE MOTION CAN BE FILIBUSTERED, AND WHEN THIS OCCURS, A CLOTURE VOTE IS NECESSARY TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED. A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY OF THE SENATE IS NECESSARY TO INVOKE CLOTURE.