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HR 36 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - National Key Vote
Peter Welch voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Legislation -
Bill Passed
(House)
(237-189) -
Oct. 3, 2017(Key vote)
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Title: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
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Vote to pass a bill that prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in certain cases of rape or incest.
- Prohibits abortion in cases where it is found probable by a trained physician that the pregnancy is 20 weeks or greater, unless under the following circumstances (Sec. 3):
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The abortion is necessary to save the life of the pregnant individual due to a physical disorder, illness, or injury, not including psychological and emotional conditions; or
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The pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
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Requires that a pregnant individual who tries to obtain an abortion as a result of rape or incest receive both medical treatment and counseling 48 hours prior to the procedure (Sec. 3).
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Requires that a case of rape or incest be reported to a law enforcement agency by the physician performing the abortion prior to the procedure taking place (Sec. 3).
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Requires that a physician intending to perform any part of an abortion first obtain an informed consent authorization form signed by the pregnant individual, a witness, and themselves which shall include the following information (Sec. 3):
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A statement indicating the probable post-fertilization age of the pregnancy;
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A statement explaining how federal law allows abortion after 20 weeks only if the woman’s life is endangered or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest;
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A statement that the abortion must be performed by the method most likely to allow for survival; and
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That in such case, every form of medical assistance available to children born prematurely, including transportation and admittance to a hospital will be provided.
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Specifies that any individual found to have violated this act may receive the following forms of punishment, including (Sec. 3):
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A prison term of no more than 5 years; and
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A monetary fine.
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Requires any physician who performs an abortion described by this act submit an annual summary of all the abortions they performed to the National Center for Health Statistics which shall include the following information (Sec. 3):
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The probable post-fertilization age of the fetus;
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The method used to carry out the abortion;
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The location where the abortion was conducted; and
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Any incident of live birth resulting from the abortion.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 3, 2017
Title: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Sponsors
- Trent Franks (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Ralph Lee Abraham (LA - R)
- Robert B. Aderholt (AL - R)
- Rick W. Allen (GA - R)
- Justin Amash (MI - R)
- Jodey Arrington (TX - R)
- Brian Babin (TX - R)
- Donald John 'Don' Bacon (NE - R)
- James 'Jim' Banks (IN - R)
- Louis J. 'Lou' Barletta (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Garland 'Andy' Barr (KY - R)
- Joe Linus Barton (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jack Bergman (MI - R)
- Andrew S. 'Andy' Biggs (AZ - R)
- Gus Michael Bilirakis (FL - R)
- Rob Bishop (UT - R)
- Mike Bishop (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Diane L. Black (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rod L. Blum (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael J. 'Mike' Bost (IL - R)
- Kevin P. Brady (TX - R)
- David A. 'Dave' Brat (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Frederick 'Jim' Bridenstine (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Morris J. 'Mo' Brooks (AL - R)
- Ken Buck (CO - R)
- Larry D. Bucshon (IN - R)
- Theodore Paul 'Ted' Budd (NC - R)
- Michael C. Burgess (TX - R)
- Bradley Byrne (AL - R)
- John R. Carter (TX - R)
- Earl L. 'Buddy' Carter (GA - R)
- Steven J. 'Steve' Chabot (OH - R)
- Liz Cheney (WY - R)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
- Chris Collins (NY - R)
- Douglas A. 'Doug' Collins (GA - R)
- K. Michael 'Mike' Conaway (TX - R)
- Paul J. Cook (CA - R)
- Kevin Cramer (ND - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric A. 'Rick' Crawford (AR - R)
- John A. Culberson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Warren Davidson (OH - R)
- Rodney Davis (IL - R)
- Scott DesJarlais (TN - R)
- Sean P. Duffy (WI - R)
- Jeffrey D. 'Jeff' Duncan (SC - R)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Neal Dunn (FL - R)
- Tom Emmer (MN - R)
- Ron Estes (KS - R)
- Blake R. Farenthold (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Drew Ferguson (GA - R)
- Charles J. 'Chuck' Fleischmann (TN - R)
- William H. 'Bill' Flores (TX - R)
- Jeff Fortenberry (NE - R)
- Virginia Ann Foxx (NC - R)
- Matt 'Jerry' Gaetz (FL - R)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Garrett Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Gibbs (OH - R)
- Louie Gohmert (TX - R)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul A. Gosar (AZ - R)
- Harold Watson 'Trey' Gowdy III (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves (MO - R)
- John Thomas 'Tom' Graves Jr. (GA - R)
- H. Morgan Griffith (VA - R)
- Glenn Grothman (WI - R)
- Steven Brett Guthrie (KY - R)
- Karen Handel (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gregg Harper (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Andrew P. 'Andy' Harris (MD - R)
- Vicky J. Hartzler (MO - R)
- Jeb Hensarling (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA - R)
- Jody Hice (GA - R)
- Clay Higgins (LA - R)
- French Hill (AR - R)
- George Holding (NC - R)
- Trey Hollingsworth (IN - R)
- Richard Lane Hudson Jr. (NC - R)
- Bill Huizenga (MI - R)
- Randall M. 'Randy' Hultgren (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Duncan D. Hunter (CA - R)
- Lynn M. Jenkins (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Evan Hollin Jenkins (WV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Johnson (LA - R)
- Bill Johnson (OH - R)
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Jordan (OH - R)
- David P. 'Dave' Joyce (OH - R)
- J. Trent Kelly (MS - R)
- George J. 'Mike' Kelly Jr. (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve A. King (IA - R)
- David Kustoff (TN - R)
- Raúl Rafael Labrador (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Darin M. LaHood (IL - R)
- Doug LaMalfa (CA - R)
- Douglas L. 'Doug' Lamborn (CO - R)
- Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta (OH - R)
- Daniel William Lipinski (IL - D)
- Billy Long (MO - R)
- Barry Loudermilk (GA - R)
- Mia B. Love (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank D. Lucas (OK - R)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO - R)
- Kenny E. Marchant (TX - R)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Marino (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roger W. Marshall (KS - R)
- Thomas Massie (KY - R)
- Michael T. McCaul (TX - R)
- Tom McClintock (CA - R)
- Patrick Timothy McHenry (NC - R)
- David B. McKinley (WV - R)
- Mark Randal Meadows (NC - R)
- Allen Lucas 'Luke' Messer (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Mitchell (MI - R)
- John Moolenaar (MI - R)
- Alexander X. 'Alex' Mooney (WV - R)
- Markwayne Mullin (OK - R)
- Timothy F. 'Tim' Murphy (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kristi Noem (SD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph W. Norman Jr. (SC - R)
- Pete Olson (TX - R)
- Steven McCarty Palazzo (MS - R)
- Gary J. Palmer (AL - R)
- Stevan Edward 'Steve' Pearce (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott G. Perry (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Robert M. Pittenger (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Poe (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Ratcliffe (TX - R)
- James B. 'Jim' Renacci (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Rice (SC - R)
- Martha D. Roby (AL - R)
- David P. 'Phil' Roe (TN - R)
- Harold 'Hal' Rogers (KY - R)
- Michael Dennis 'Mike' Rogers (AL - R)
- Todd Rokita (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Francis Rooney (FL - R)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Rooney (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter J. Roskam (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dennis A. Ross (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Keith Rothfus (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Cheston Rouzer (NC - R)
- Steve Russell (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Henry Rutherford (FL - R)
- Stephen J. 'Steve' Scalise (LA - R)
- David Schweikert (AZ - R)
- James Austin Scott (GA - R)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- John M. Shimkus (IL - R)
- Bill Shuster (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael K. 'Mike' Simpson (ID - R)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Adrian M. Smith (NE - R)
- Jason T. Smith (MO - R)
- Christopher H. 'Chris' Smith (NJ - R)
- Lloyd K. Smucker (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Stewart (UT - R)
- Steve Stivers (OH - R)
- Claudia Tenney (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Glenn William 'GT' Thompson Jr. (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. 'Pat' Tiberi (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael R. 'Mike' Turner (OH - R)
- Ann Wagner (MO - R)
- Timothy L. 'Tim' Walberg (MI - R)
- Bradley Mark Walker (NC - R)
- Jackie Walorski (IN - R)
- Randy K. Weber Sr. (TX - R)
- Daniel Webster (FL - R)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (OH - R)
- Bruce Westerman (AR - R)
- Roger Williams (TX - R)
- Addison Graves 'Joe' Wilson Sr. (SC - R)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Wittman (VA - R)
- Stephen Allen 'Steve' Womack (AR - R)
- Robert 'Rob' Woodall (GA - R)
- Kevin W. Yoder (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Theodore Scott 'Ted' Yoho (FL - R)
- David Young (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lee M. Zeldin (NY - R)