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S 274 100th Congress Senate Health Abortion Abortion, Birth Control, and Family Planning Corrections and Correctional Institutions Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Prisoners Prisons Women prisoners

A bill to restrict the use of federal funds available to the Bureau of Prisons to perform abortions.

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Jan 6, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 6, 1987
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that none of the funds available to the Bureau of Prisons shall be used to perform abortions, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.

What's happening now February 9, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1