Key Votes
S 403 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Edward Kennedy, Sr. voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 403 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
- S AMDT 4689 - Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment
- HB 182 - Relating to Serving Alcohol to Minors
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (264-153) - Sept. 26, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Vote to pass a bill that criminalizes the transportation of pregnant minors across state lines with the intention of the minor obtaining an abortion, with certain exceptions.
- Makes it illegal, excluding the minor's parents, to knowingly transport a pregnant minor across state lines in order to obtain an abortion, as a way to escape state laws requiring parental consent (Sec. 2).
- Establishes a fine and/or up to one year of imprisonment for anyone who violates this law (Sec. 2).
- Provides an exception to the law if the life of the minor is endangered (Sec. 2).
- Makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion after committing incest with a minor (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (65-34) - July 25, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Vote to pass a bill that criminalizes the transportation of pregnant minors across state lines with some exceptions.
- Makes it illegal, excluding the minor's parents, to knowingly transport a pregnant minor across state lines in order to obtain an abortion, as a way to escape state laws requiring parental consent (Sec. 2).
- Establishes a fine and/or up to one year of imprisonment for anyone who violates this law (Sec. 2).
- Provides an exception to the law if the life of the minor is endangered (Sec. 2).
- Makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion after committing incest with a minor (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 16, 2005
Title: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Sponsors
- John Eric Ensign (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Lamar Alexander (TN - R)
- Wayne A. Allard (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- George Felix Allen (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bunning (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. Burr (NC - R)
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss (GA - R)
- Thomas Allen 'Tom' Coburn (OK - R)
- Thad Cochran (MS - R)
- Norm Coleman (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Cornyn (TX - R)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- James W. 'Jim' DeMint (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. Dole (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete V. Domenici Jr. (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi (WY - R)
- William H. 'Bill' Frist (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Orrin G. Hatch (UT - R)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- John H. 'Johnny' Isakson (GA - R)
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melquiades Rafael 'Mel' Martinez (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R)
- Mitch McConnell (KY - R)
- E. Benjamin 'Ben' Nelson (NE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts (KS - R)
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III (AL - R)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Talent (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Thune (SD - R)
- David B. Vitter (LA - R)
- George V. Voinovich (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
