Senate Roll Call 27, 116th Congress · February 25, 2019
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.
Question before the chamber: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.
How this vote is scored
Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.
- Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The measure creates criminal penalties for practitioners rather than altering health coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”
model(0.95): Imposing criminal liability on abortion providers restricts reproductive health access.
Tagged by: keyword:abortion
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
- Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.90): Imposing criminal penalties on medical practitioners increases punitive measures.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (53)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Marsha Blackburn
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Mike Braun
- Richard Burr
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Susan M. Collins
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Josh Hawley
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Doug Jones
- John Kennedy
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Mitch McConnell
- Martha McSally
- Jerry Moran
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mitt Romney
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Rick Scott
- Richard C. Shelby
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Roger F. Wicker
- Todd Young
Nay (44)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Christopher A. Coons
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tammy Duckworth
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Kamala D. Harris
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Edward J. Markey
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Gary C. Peters
- Jack Reed
- Jacky Rosen
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Tina Smith
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (3)
- Kevin CramerDid not vote
- Lisa MurkowskiDid not vote
- Tim ScottDid not vote
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