S00577 Relates to establishing the born alive abortion survivors' protection to require any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive during an abortion or attempted abortion procedure to exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age; and follow the exercise of skill, care, and diligence and ensure that the child born alive is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 85%

Requires medical practitioners to provide life-preserving care to infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion, and imposes criminal penalties for intentionally killing such infants, treating them as born human beings with legal protections separate from the abortion procedure.

An individual that intentionally performs or attempts to perform an overt act that kills a child born alive described under paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section, shall be guilty under section 125.25 or 110.05 of the penal law for intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Mandates that health care practitioners exercise the same skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life of a child born alive during an abortion as for any other child of the same gestational age, with requirements for immediate hospital transport, thereby limiting the scope of abortion procedures

Any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive during an abortion or attempted abortion procedure shall: (a) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age;

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 75%

Imposes specific duties on health care practitioners during abortions resulting in live birth, requires reporting of violations as a class A misdemeanor, and creates civil liability with damages and attorneys' fees for failures to comply, regulating abortion-related medical practice.

A health care practitioner licensed, certified, or authorized under title eight of the education law, acting within the lawful scope of practice, who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision one of this section shall immediately report the failure to an appropriate state or federal law enforcement agency, or to both. A violation of this subdivision is a class A misdemeanor.

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