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S 939 104th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Abortion Childbirth Damages Fetus Fines (Penalties) Health Law

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995

Introduced: June 16, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Jun 19, 1995
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.
Jun 16, 1995
Introduced in Senate
Jun 16, 1995
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995 - Subjects anyone who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce to a fine or imprisonment for not more than two years or both. Defines "partial-birth abortion" as partial, vaginal delivery of the fetus prior to killing the fetus and completing the delivery.

Permits the parents or the maternal grandparents (if the mother has not attained the age of 18 at the time of the abortion) through a civil action to obtain relief which would include money damages for all injuries and statutory damages equal to three times the cost of the partial-birth abortion, even if any party consented to an abortion.

Permits the affirmative defense to a prosecution or a civil action, which must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence, that the physician reasonably believed: (1) the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life; and (2) no other form of abortion would have sufficed for that purpose.

What's happening now June 19, 1995

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.

 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1