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Title

Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

a Bill for an Act to protect children born alive (including as a result of terminations), and for related purposes

Date

09-08-2021 10:05 AM

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

46

Bill Number

86/21

Bill Type

Private

Portfolio

 

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Not Proceeding

System Id

legislation/bills/r6731_first-reps/0000


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Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021

2019-2020-2021

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021

 

No.      , 2021

 

(Mr Christensen)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to protect children born alive (including as a result of terminations), and for related purposes

   

   

   

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2

4............ Binding the Crown.............................................................................. 3

5............ Extension to external Territories.......................................................... 4

6............ Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws................................ 4

7............ Constitutional basis of this Act........................................................... 4

Part 2—Children born alive are persons                                                                  5

8............ Children born alive are persons........................................................... 5

Part 3—Duty of health practitioners                                                                           6

9 ............ Duty of health practitioners to provide medical care or treatment to children born alive as a result of terminations   6

10 .......... Offence of contravening duty to provide medical care or treatment to children born alive         7

11.......... Duty of health practitioners to report births of children born alive as a result of terminations  7

12.......... Mother of child born alive not liable to prosecution............................ 8

13.......... Additional operation of this Part......................................................... 9

 

A Bill for an Act to protect children born alive (including as a result of terminations), and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts: