RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina legislation requiring physicians and nurses to care for children born alive after an abortion builds on recent push backs by activists opposed to abortion-rights efforts in other states.

• The bill says a health care practitioner could face a felony and a large fine if the person fails to provide care to the child
• Bill sponsor Sen. Joyce Krawiec says the bill is a response to a recent New York abortion-rights law
• The mother also could sue over that lack of care

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday for the measure, which focuses on what happens should an abortion procedure result in a live birth. The bill says a health care practitioner could face a felony and a large fine if the person fails to provide care to the child. The mother also could sue over that lack of care.

Bill sponsor Sen. Joyce Krawiec of Forsyth County says the bill is a response to a recent New York abortion-rights law and comments made by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in favor of legislation that would have eased restrictions on late-term abortions.