Bill
Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-08-17.
- Sponsor
- Llew O'Brien
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-17
- second reading — 2026-08-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-08-17.
The bill would make it a criminal offence for doctors to deny medical care to a baby born alive after an abortion.
Health practitioner registration boards would handle breaches of this duty in the same way as other professional misconduct.
The bill would also require doctors to notify authorities of live births from terminations so that statistics can be collected, and it would exempt mothers from prosecution.
- Creates an offence for health practitioners who fail to provide medical care to a child born alive after a termination.
- Requires health practitioner registration boards to treat breaches of this duty like any other alleged breach.
- Requires health practitioners to report live births from terminations for statistical purposes.
- Exempts mothers from prosecution under the bill.
Health practitioners, mothers, and babies born alive as a result of terminations.
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