House · Roll call 26 · Jan. 23, 2025

A vote to send H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, back to committee before a final vote.

Failed205–216 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On Motion to Recommit
Bill
H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 205 · No 0 · Did not vote 10
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 216 · Did not vote 2

Most Democrats voted Yes (205 of 215).

Most Republicans voted No (216 of 218).

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

A motion to recommit sends a bill back to committee and is usually the minority party's last chance to change it before final passage. The bill sets the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide to a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion; the motion failed, so the bill was not sent back.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.

How each member voted

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