Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  "constitutionalAuthorityStatementText": "<pre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]\n[House]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href=\"https://www.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov</a>]\nBy Mrs. WAGNER:\nH.R. 21.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\n(1) Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, including the power to\nenforce the prohibition on government action denying equal\nprotection of the laws; and (2) Section 9 of Article I, to\nmake all laws necessary and proper for carrying into\nexecution the powers vested by the Constitution of the United\nStates, including the power to regulate commerce under Clause\n3 of such action.\nThe single subject of this legislation is:\nTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health\ncare practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree\nof care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or\nattempted abortion.\n[Page H36]\n</pre>"
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