US Congress Senate Bill 404 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor’s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor’s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant: (1) reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place; or (2) was presented with documentation showing that a court waived parental notification requirements or authorized the minor's abortion. Defines "abortion" to mean the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device: (1) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or (2) to intentionally prematurely terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or of preserving the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on a physician who performs or induces an abortion on an out-of-state minor in violation of parental notification requirements. Requires such physician to give 24-hour actual or constructive notice to a parent of the minor seeking an abortion, subject to certain exceptions.

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB803 (Related) 2015-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/404/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s404/BILLS-114s404is.pdf