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Title

Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

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

30-11-2022 03:40 PM

Source

Senate

Parl No.

47

Bill Number

S16/22

Bill Type

Private

Portfolio

 

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Before Senate

System Id

legislation/bills/s1359_first-senate/0000


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Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

2022

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022

 

No.      , 2022

 

(Senators Canavan, Antic and Babet)

 

 

 

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........................................................ 8

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: