Requires health care workers present at a live birth during an abortion or attempted abortion to give the baby the same care as any other newborn of that gestational age, and sets federal criminal penalties and civil damages for violations.

• Requires practitioners present at a live birth to use the same skill and care they would give any other child born alive at that gestational age, and to ensure the child is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.
• Requires any practitioner or hospital, physician's office, or abortion clinic employee who knows of a violation to immediately report it to a state or federal law enforcement agency.
• Sets a fine, up to 5 years in prison, or both, for violations, and punishes intentionally killing a child born alive the same as killing a human being under section 1111 of title 18.
• Allows the woman who had the abortion to sue for damages, including three times the abortion's cost and punitive damages, bars prosecuting her for the violation, and renames chapter 74 of title 18 from Partial-Birth Abortions to Abortions.

• Judiciary Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement