S. 6 (119th): A bill 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 amends title 18 of the U.S. Code to require a health care practitioner present when a child is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion to provide the same degree of care that would reasonably be given to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and to ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Practitioners and other employees with knowledge of noncompliance must immediately report it to law enforcement. Violations of the care or reporting requirements carry a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. Intentionally killing or attempting to kill a child born alive is made subject to murder prosecution. The bill bars criminal prosecution of the mother under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a practitioner or employee for violations.

Theological note: Scripture affirms that human life is made in God's image and is to be protected from unjust killing, from the womb onward. This measure addresses the case of an infant already born alive, whose life is not in dispute, and seeks to ensure that such a child receives ordinary care and is not left to die. Its relevance lies in the protection of innocent human life and the civil duty to restrain the killing or neglect of the helpless. Whether the specific penalties and reporting mechanisms are prudently designed is a separate question from the moral worth of the protection itself.

• Tier: Tier 1, signed off.
• Lane: abuse_accountability. Category: justice_truth. Lane tag: general equity.
• Lane: born_alive_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: child_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: criminal_penalties. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: defends_life. Category: life. Lane tag: command.
• Lane: infant_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: mandatory_reporting. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: tier1. Signed by Adam Malin on 2026-10-20.
• Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
• Procedural polarity: matched with hr-21-119.
• For each member, the latest polarity-known vote among cloture, the motion to proceed, and passage governs a matched group, or the bill alone when it is not in a group. A supporting latest vote, including a cloture yea, counts as support on every vehicle in the group. An opposing latest vote removes earlier support, including an earlier amendment yea. Members vote only in their own chamber. A procedural yea that would be Tier 1 is at most tier 2 when a later governing vote on a matched vehicle opposes; the vote is not erased.
• Tested-record vehicle: a recorded yea or nay on this bill counts toward a Qualified label. A member with no recorded yea or nay on a key life or child-protection vehicle keeps the score and is shown as Not yet tested on life and child-protection votes.
• Roll 11: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 6. Vote type: cloture.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly restrains the harm of neglecting or killing a child born alive after an attempted abortion, requires ordinary care, and provides criminal accountability for intentional killing. It defends innocent human life and does not fund or advance abortion. The existing 'mixed' classification is revised because the core operative effect is protective of a born infant rather than a blended prudential profile.
• Theological note: Scripture affirms that human life is made in God's image and is to be protected from unjust killing, from the womb onward. This measure addresses the case of an infant already born alive, whose life is not in dispute, and seeks to ensure that such a child receives ordinary care and is not left to die. Its relevance lies in the protection of innocent human life and the civil duty to restrain the killing or neglect of the helpless. Whether the specific penalties and reporting mechanisms are prudently designed is a separate question from the moral worth of the protection itself.

Tested record Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics abuse accountability defends life