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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB531Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.
Direction
AbortionotherAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Imposes a legal duty on abortion providers to provide life-saving care and transfer to a hospital for any infant born alive after an attempted abortion, with a felony penalty for noncompliance, so less legal access to abortion without regard for a born-alive infant.
Every health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts or assists in the attempt to perform an abortion or cause a miscarriage for the purpose of terminating a pregnancy and who is present at the time such abortion is attempted or such miscarriage is attempted to be caused shall, in the case of a human infant who has been born alive, as defined in § 18.2-71.1, following performance of such attempted abortion or causing of such miscarriage, (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the human infant who has been
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Defines and protects a 'human infant born alive' after an attempted abortion as requiring the same medical care as any other child at the same gestational age, reinforcing legal personhood for born-alive infants in the abortion context.
in the case of a human infant who has been born alive, as defined in § 18.2-71.1, following performance of such attempted abortion or causing of a miscarriage, (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of the human infant who has been born alive as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new criminal statute (§ 18.2-76.3) that specifically targets health care providers performing abortions or causing miscarriages, requiring them to treat any born-alive infant with the same care as any other child and transfer to a hospital, with a Class 4 felony penalty for failure to comply (while exempting the mother). It also amends hospital regulations and unprofessional conduct provisions to support this. This falls under abortion policy as it directly regulates post-abortion care for born-alive infants and implies fetal/infant personhood at birth after abortion attempts;
Related bills
HB328Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Law
HB1398Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Died (session ended)
HB1389Health insurance; coverage for standard fertility preservation procedures.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Died (session ended)