Bill > S119

Introduced Session

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. This bill creates new federal crimes related to transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion. It makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor to another state to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. The bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion. Finally, it makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first complying with parental notification requirements.

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Marco Rubio (R)*,  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Roy Blunt (R),  Mike Braun (R),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  Michael Enzi (R),  Joni Ernst (R),  Deb Fischer (R),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Josh Hawley (R),  Cindy Hyde-Smith (R),  James Inhofe (R),  John Neely Kennedy (R),  James Lankford (R),  Rand Paul (R),  David Perdue (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Mike Rounds (R),  Tim Scott (R),  John Thune (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 01/15/2019)

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