HR 929 105th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Abandonment of family Abortion Abortion procedures Conspiracy Criminal liability Damages Families Fathers Fetus Fines (Penalties) Grandparents Health Law Obstruction of justice Prosecution Sentences (Criminal procedure) Wife abuse Women

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997

Introduced: March 5, 1997 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 8, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E585-586)

Mar 14, 1997

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 15.

Mar 14, 1997

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 105-24.

Mar 12, 1997

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 11.

Mar 12, 1997

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 5, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 5, 1997

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit performing a partial birth abortion in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, unless it is necessary to save the life of the mother and no other medical procedure would suffice. Defines "partial-birth abortion" as an abortion in which the person performing the procedure partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the infant and completing the delivery. Prescribes penalties.

Authorizes the father and, if the mother is under 18 years of age, the maternal grandparents of the fetus to obtain specified relief in a civil action, even if the mother consented to the abortion, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.

Prohibits the prosecution of a woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed for conspiracy to violate this Act or under provisions regarding punishment as a principal or an accessory or for concealment of a felony.

What's happening now April 8, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E585-586)

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