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Senate Roll Call 486, 116th Congress · February 25, 2020

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 the Cloture Motion

56 yea · 41 nayCloture Motion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 39 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 311

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 (0.90) This bill concerns criminal sanctions and clinical requirements, not health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Imposing criminal penalties and regulations on abortion care restricts access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Establishing criminal penalties for healthcare providers expands punitive criminal sanctions.

    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.

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