[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 636 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 169

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 636

                          [Report No. 103-117]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals to have 
 freedom of access to certain medical clinics and facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                July 29 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 169
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 636

                          [Report No. 103-117]

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals to have 
 freedom of access to certain medical clinics and facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 23 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
    Harkin, Mr. Metzenbaum, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Simon, Mr. Robb, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Pell, Ms. Moseley-Braun,  Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
   Packwood, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Riegle, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Kerry, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Specter, Mr. Reid, Mr. Leahy, 
  Mr. Chafee, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
                               Resources

                July 29 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

               Reported by Mr. Kennedy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to permit individuals to have 
 freedom of access to certain medical clinics and facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

-S-E-C-T-I-O-N-. -1-. -S-H-O-R-T -T-I-T-L-E-.

    -T-h-i-s -A-c-t -m-a-y -b-e -c-i-t-e-d -a-s -t-h-e 
-`-`-F-r-e-e-d-o-m -o-f -A-c-c-e-s-s -t-o -C-l-i-n-i-c 
-E-n-t-r-a-n-c-e-s -A-c-t -o-f -1-9-9-3-'-'-.

-S-E-C-. -2-. -C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-L -S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T -O-F 
              -F-I-N-D-I-N-G-S -A-N-D -P-U-R-P-O-S-E-.

    -(-a-) -F-i-n-d-i-n-g-s-.---C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s -f-i-n-d-s -t-h-a-t---
            -(-1-) -m-e-d-i-c-a-l -c-l-i-n-i-c-s -a-n-d -o-t-h-e-r 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -o-f-f-e-r-i-n-g -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -h-a-v-e -b-e-e-n -t-a-r-g-e-t-e-d -i-n 
        -r-e-c-e-n-t -y-e-a-r-s -b-y -a-n -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e 
        -c-a-m-p-a-i-g-n -o-f -v-i-o-l-e-n-c-e -a-n-d 
        -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -a-i-m-e-d -a-t -c-l-o-s-i-n-g -t-h-e 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -o-r -p-h-y-s-i-c-a-l-l-y -b-l-o-c-k-i-n-g 
        -i-n-g-r-e-s-s -t-o -t-h-e-m-, -a-n-d -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-i-n-g 
        -t-h-o-s-e -s-e-e-k-i-n-g -t-o -o-b-t-a-i-n -o-r -p-r-o-v-i-d-e 
        -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-;
            -(-2-) -a-s -a -r-e-s-u-l-t -o-f -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-, 
        -w-o-m-e-n -a-r-e -b-e-i-n-g -d-e-n-i-e-d -a-c-c-e-s-s -t-o-, 
        -a-n-d -h-e-a-l-t-h -c-a-r-e -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-r-s -a-r-e 
        -b-e-i-n-g -p-r-e-v-e-n-t-e-d -f-r-o-m -d-e-l-i-v-e-r-i-n-g-, 
        -v-i-t-a-l -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-;
            -(-3-) -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -s-u-b-j-e-c-t-s -w-o-m-e-n 
        -t-o -i-n-c-r-e-a-s-e-d -m-e-d-i-c-a-l -r-i-s-k-s -a-n-d 
        -t-h-e-r-e-b-y -j-e-o-p-a-r-d-i-z-e-s -t-h-e -p-u-b-l-i-c 
        -h-e-a-l-t-h -a-n-d -s-a-f-e-t-y-;
            -(-4-) -t-h-e -m-e-t-h-o-d-s -u-s-e-d -t-o -d-e-n-y 
        -w-o-m-e-n -a-c-c-e-s-s -t-o -t-h-e-s-e -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s 
        -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -b-l-o-c-k-a-d-e-s -o-f -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y 
        -e-n-t-r-a-n-c-e-s-; -i-n-v-a-s-i-o-n-s -a-n-d 
        -o-c-c-u-p-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-e -p-r-e-m-i-s-e-s-; 
        -v-a-n-d-a-l-i-s-m -a-n-d -d-e-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -o-f 
        -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -i-n -a-n-d -a-r-o-u-n-d -t-h-e 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y-; -b-o-m-b-i-n-g-s-, -a-r-s-o-n-, -a-n-d 
        -m-u-r-d-e-r-; -a-n-d -o-t-h-e-r -a-c-t-s -o-f -f-o-r-c-e 
        -a-n-d -t-h-r-e-a-t-s -o-f -f-o-r-c-e-;
            -(-5-) -t-h-o-s-e -e-n-g-a-g-i-n-g -i-n -s-u-c-h 
        -t-a-c-t-i-c-s -f-r-e-q-u-e-n-t-l-y -t-r-a-m-p-l-e -p-o-l-i-c-e 
        -l-i-n-e-s -a-n-d -b-a-r-r-i-c-a-d-e-s -a-n-d 
        -o-v-e-r-w-h-e-l-m -S-t-a-t-e -a-n-d -l-o-c-a-l -l-a-w 
        -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-i-e-s -a-n-d 
        -c-o-u-r-t-s -a-n-d -t-h-e-i-r -a-b-i-l-i-t-y -t-o 
        -r-e-s-t-r-a-i-n -a-n-d -e-n-j-o-i-n -u-n-l-a-w-f-u-l 
        -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -a-n-d -p-r-o-s-e-c-u-t-e -t-h-o-s-e -w-h-o 
        -h-a-v-e -v-i-o-l-a-t-e-d -t-h-e -l-a-w-;
            -(-6-) -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -o-p-e-r-a-t-e-s -t-o 
        -i-n-f-r-i-n-g-e -u-p-o-n -w-o-m-e-n-'-s -a-b-i-l-i-t-y -t-o 
        -e-x-e-r-c-i-s-e -f-u-l-l -e-n-j-o-y-m-e-n-t -o-f -r-i-g-h-t-s 
        -s-e-c-u-r-e-d -t-o -t-h-e-m -b-y -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -a-n-d 
        -S-t-a-t-e -l-a-w-, -b-o-t-h -s-t-a-t-u-t-o-r-y -a-n-d 
        -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n-a-l-, -a-n-d -b-u-r-d-e-n-s 
        -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e -c-o-m-m-e-r-c-e-, -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -b-y 
        -i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-i-n-g -w-i-t-h -b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s 
        -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-i-e-s -o-f -m-e-d-i-c-a-l -c-l-i-n-i-c-s 
        -i-n-v-o-l-v-e-d -i-n -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e -c-o-m-m-e-r-c-e 
        -a-n-d -b-y -f-o-r-c-i-n-g -w-o-m-e-n -t-o -t-r-a-v-e-l 
        -f-r-o-m -S-t-a-t-e-s -w-h-e-r-e -t-h-e-i-r -a-c-c-e-s-s -t-o 
        -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -i-s 
        -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-e-d -t-o -o-t-h-e-r -S-t-a-t-e-s-;
            -(-7-) -p-r-i-o-r -t-o -t-h-e -S-u-p-r-e-m-e -C-o-u-r-t-'-s 
        -d-e-c-i-s-i-o-n -i-n -B-r-a-y -v-. -A-l-e-x-a-n-d-r-i-a 
        -W-o-m-e-n-'-s -H-e-a-l-t-h -C-l-i-n-i-c -(-N-o-. -9-0--
        -9-8-5-, -J-a-n-u-a-r-y -1-3-, -1-9-9-3-)-, -s-u-c-h 
        -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -w-a-s -f-r-e-q-u-e-n-t-l-y -r-e-s-t-r-a-i-n-e-d 
        -a-n-d -e-n-j-o-i-n-e-d -b-y -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -c-o-u-r-t-s -i-n 
        -a-c-t-i-o-n-s -b-r-o-u-g-h-t -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n 
        -1-9-8-0-(-3-) -o-f -t-h-e -R-e-v-i-s-e-d -S-t-a-t-u-t-e-s 
        -(-4-2 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-9-8-5-(-3-)-)-;
            -(-8-) -i-n -t-h-e -B-r-a-y -d-e-c-i-s-i-o-n-, -t-h-e 
        -C-o-u-r-t -d-e-n-i-e-d -a -r-e-m-e-d-y -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-c-h 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -t-o -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -i-n-j-u-r-e-d -b-y -t-h-e 
        -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -o-f -a-c-c-e-s-s -t-o -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-;
            -(-9-) -l-e-g-i-s-l-a-t-i-o-n -i-s -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o 
        -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t -t-h-e -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -o-f 
        -a-c-c-e-s-s -b-y -w-o-m-e-n -t-o -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -a-n-d -t-o -e-n-s-u-r-e -t-h-a-t 
        -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -i-n-j-u-r-e-d -b-y -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-, 
        -a-s -w-e-l-l -a-s -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l-, 
        -c-a-n -s-e-e-k -r-e-d-r-e-s-s -i-n -t-h-e -F-e-d-e-r-a-l 
        -c-o-u-r-t-s-;
            -(-1-0-) -t-h-e -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -o-f -a-c-c-e-s-s 
        -t-o -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -c-a-n -b-e 
        -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d-, -a-n-d -t-h-e -r-i-g-h-t -o-f 
        -i-n-j-u-r-e-d -p-a-r-t-i-e-s -t-o -s-e-e-k -r-e-d-r-e-s-s -i-n 
        -t-h-e -c-o-u-r-t-s -c-a-n -b-e -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d-, 
        -w-i-t-h-o-u-t -a-b-r-i-d-g-i-n-g -t-h-e -e-x-e-r-c-i-s-e -o-f 
        -a-n-y -r-i-g-h-t-s -g-u-a-r-a-n-t-e-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e 
        -F-i-r-s-t -A-m-e-n-d-m-e-n-t -t-o -t-h-e 
        -C-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -o-r -o-t-h-e-r -l-a-w-; -a-n-d
            -(-1-1-) -C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s -h-a-s -t-h-e 
        -a-f-f-i-r-m-a-t-i-v-e -p-o-w-e-r -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -8 
        -o-f -a-r-t-i-c-l-e -I -o-f -t-h-e -C-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n 
        -a-n-d -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -5 -o-f -t-h-e 
        -F-o-u-r-t-e-e-n-t-h -A-m-e-n-d-m-e-n-t -t-o -t-h-e 
        -C-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n -t-o -e-n-a-c-t -s-u-c-h 
        -l-e-g-i-s-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
    -(-b-) -P-u-r-p-o-s-e-.---I-t -i-s -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f 
-t-h-i-s -A-c-t -t-o -p-r-o-t-e-c-t -a-n-d -p-r-o-m-o-t-e -t-h-e 
-p-u-b-l-i-c -h-e-a-l-t-h -a-n-d -s-a-f-e-t-y -b-y 
-p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-i-n-g -t-h-e -u-s-e -o-f -f-o-r-c-e-, -t-h-r-e-a-t 
-o-f -f-o-r-c-e -o-r -p-h-y-s-i-c-a-l -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -t-o 
-i-n-j-u-r-e-, -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-e -o-r -i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-e -w-i-t-h -a 
-p-e-r-s-o-n -s-e-e-k-i-n-g -t-o -o-b-t-a-i-n -o-r -p-r-o-v-i-d-e 
-a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-, -a-n-d -t-h-e 
-d-e-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n -o-f -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -o-f -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s 
-p-r-o-v-i-d-i-n-g -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-, -a-n-d -b-y 
-e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-i-n-g -t-h-e -r-i-g-h-t -o-f -p-r-i-v-a-t-e 
-p-a-r-t-i-e-s -i-n-j-u-r-e-d -b-y -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-, -a-s 
-w-e-l-l -a-s -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -i-n 
-a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -c-a-s-e-s-, -t-o -b-r-i-n-g -a-c-t-i-o-n-s 
-f-o-r -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -r-e-l-i-e-f-.

-S-E-C-. -3-. -F-R-E-E-D-O-M -O-F -A-C-C-E-S-S -T-O -C-L-I-N-I-C 
              -E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E-S-.

    -T-i-t-l-e -X-X-V-I-I -o-f -t-h-e -P-u-b-l-i-c -H-e-a-l-t-h 
-S-e-r-v-i-c-e -A-c-t -(-4-2 -U-.-S-.-C-. -3-0-0-a-a-a -e-t -s-e-q-.-) 
-i-s -a-m-e-n-d-e-d -b-y -a-d-d-i-n-g -a-t -t-h-e -e-n-d -t-h-e-r-e-o-f 
-t-h-e -f-o-l-l-o-w-i-n-g -n-e-w -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-:

-`-`-S-E-C-. -2-7-1-5-. -F-R-E-E-D-O-M -O-F -A-C-C-E-S-S -T-O 
              -C-L-I-N-I-C -E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E-S-.

    -`-`-(-a-) -P-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -A-c-t-i-v-i-t-i-e-s-.--
-W-h-o-e-v-e-r---
            -`-`-(-1-) -b-y -f-o-r-c-e -o-r -t-h-r-e-a-t -o-f 
        -f-o-r-c-e -o-r -b-y -p-h-y-s-i-c-a-l -o-b-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n-, 
        -i-n-t-e-n-t-i-o-n-a-l-l-y -i-n-j-u-r-e-s-, 
        -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-e-s -o-r -i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-e-s -w-i-t-h -o-r 
        -a-t-t-e-m-p-t-s -t-o -i-n-j-u-r-e-, -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-e -o-r 
        -i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-e -w-i-t-h -a-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -b-e-c-a-u-s-e 
        -t-h-a-t -p-e-r-s-o-n -i-s -o-r -h-a-s -b-e-e-n-, -o-r -i-n 
        -o-r-d-e-r -t-o -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-e -s-u-c-h -p-e-r-s-o-n -o-r 
        -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r -p-e-r-s-o-n -o-r -a-n-y -c-l-a-s-s -o-f 
        -p-e-r-s-o-n-s-, -f-r-o-m---
                    -`-`-(-A-) -o-b-t-a-i-n-i-n-g -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n 
                -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-; -o-r
                    -`-`-(-B-) -l-a-w-f-u-l-l-y -a-i-d-i-n-g 
                -a-n-o-t-h-e-r -p-e-r-s-o-n -t-o -o-b-t-a-i-n 
                -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-; -o-r
            -`-`-(-2-) -i-n-t-e-n-t-i-o-n-a-l-l-y -d-a-m-a-g-e-s -o-r 
        -d-e-s-t-r-o-y-s -t-h-e -p-r-o-p-e-r-t-y -o-f -a -m-e-d-i-c-a-l 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y -o-r -i-n -w-h-i-c-h -a -m-e-d-i-c-a-l 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y -i-s -l-o-c-a-t-e-d-, -o-r -a-t-t-e-m-p-t-s 
        -t-o -d-o -s-o-, -b-e-c-a-u-s-e -s-u-c-h -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y 
        -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-s -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-,
-s-h-a-l-l -b-e -s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -t-h-e -p-e-n-a-l-t-i-e-s 
-p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-b-) -a-n-d -t-h-e 
-c-i-v-i-l -r-e-m-e-d-y -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n 
-(-e-)-.
    -`-`-(-b-) -P-e-n-a-l-t-i-e-s-.---W-h-o-e-v-e-r -v-i-o-l-a-t-e-s 
-t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l---
            -`-`-(-1-) -i-n -t-h-e -c-a-s-e -o-f -a -f-i-r-s-t 
        -o-f-f-e-n-s-e-, -b-e -f-i-n-e-d -i-n -a-c-c-o-r-d-a-n-c-e 
        -w-i-t-h -t-i-t-l-e -1-8 -o-r -i-m-p-r-i-s-o-n-e-d -n-o-t 
        -m-o-r-e -t-h-a-n -1 -y-e-a-r-, -o-r -b-o-t-h-; -a-n-d
            -`-`-(-2-) -i-n -t-h-e -c-a-s-e -o-f -a -s-e-c-o-n-d -o-r 
        -s-u-b-s-e-q-u-e-n-t -o-f-f-e-n-s-e -a-f-t-e-r -a -p-r-i-o-r 
        -c-o-n-v-i-c-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, -b-e 
        -f-i-n-e-d -i-n -a-c-c-o-r-d-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -t-i-t-l-e -1-8 
        -o-r -i-m-p-r-i-s-o-n-e-d -n-o-t -m-o-r-e -t-h-a-n -3 
        -y-e-a-r-s-, -o-r -b-o-t-h-;
-e-x-c-e-p-t -t-h-a-t-, -i-f -b-o-d-i-l-y -i-n-j-u-r-y -r-e-s-u-l-t-s-, 
-t-h-e -l-e-n-g-t-h -o-f -i-m-p-r-i-s-o-n-m-e-n-t -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-n-o-t -m-o-r-e -t-h-a-n -1-0 -y-e-a-r-s-, -a-n-d -i-f -d-e-a-t-h 
-r-e-s-u-l-t-s-, -i-t -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -f-o-r -a-n-y -t-e-r-m -o-f 
-y-e-a-r-s -o-r -f-o-r -l-i-f-e-.
    -`-`-(-c-) -S-t-u-d-y-.---
            -`-`-(-1-) -I-n -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.----T-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -a -s-t-u-d-y 
        -c-o-n-c-e-r-n-i-n-g -t-h-e -e-f-f-e-c-t -t-h-a-t 
        -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n 
        -(-a-) -h-a-s -h-a-d-, -i-s -h-a-v-i-n-g -o-r -m-a-y -b-e 
        -e-x-p-e-c-t-e-d -t-o -h-a-v-e -o-n -t-h-e -d-e-l-i-v-e-r-y 
        -o-f -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s 
        -f-o-r -w-o-m-e-n -a-n-d -o-n -t-h-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -a-n-d 
        -w-e-l-f-a-r-e -o-f -w-o-m-e-n -t-h-r-o-u-g-h-o-u-t -t-h-e 
        -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s-. -S-u-c-h -s-t-u-d-y -s-h-a-l-l 
        -t-a-k-e -i-n-t-o -a-c-c-o-u-n-t -t-h-e -f-u-l-l -r-a-n-g-e 
        -o-f -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s 
        -o-f-f-e-r-e-d -a-t -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -t-a-r-g-e-t-e-d -b-y 
        -s-u-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-, -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-, -f-a-m-i-l-y -p-l-a-n-n-i-n-g-, 
        -p-r-e-g-n-a-n-c-y -t-e-s-t-i-n-g-, -i-n-f-e-r-t-i-l-i-t-y 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-, -t-e-s-t-i-n-g -a-n-d -t-r-e-a-t-m-e-n-t 
        -f-o-r -s-e-x-u-a-l-l-y -t-r-a-n-s-m-i-t-t-e-d 
        -d-i-s-e-a-s-e-s-, -s-c-r-e-e-n-i-n-g -f-o-r -b-r-e-a-s-t 
        -a-n-d -c-e-r-v-i-c-a-l -c-a-n-c-e-r-, -p-r-e-n-a-t-a-l 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-, -a-n-d -o-t-h-e-r -s-i-m-i-l-a-r 
        -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-i-e-s-. -S-u-c-h -s-t-u-d-y -s-h-a-l-l 
        -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -c-o-n-s-i-d-e-r-a-t-i-o-n -o-f---
                    -`-`-(-A-) -t-h-e -n-a-t-u-r-e -a-n-d -e-x-t-e-n-t 
                -o-f -i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-s -i-n -w-h-i-c-h -c-o-n-d-u-c-t 
                -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) 
                -h-a-s -o-c-c-u-r-r-e-d -t-h-r-o-u-g-h-o-u-t -t-h-e 
                -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s-;
                    -`-`-(-B-) -t-h-e -i-m-p-a-c-t -o-f -s-u-c-h 
                -i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-s -o-n -t-h-e -m-e-d-i-c-a-l 
                -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -a-n-d -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-r-s -t-h-a-t 
                -h-a-v-e -b-e-e-n -t-a-r-g-e-t-e-d-, -a-n-d -o-n -t-h-e 
                -a-b-i-l-i-t-y -o-f -p-h-y-s-i-c-i-a-n-s -a-n-d 
                -o-t-h-e-r -h-e-a-l-t-h -c-a-r-e -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-r-s 
                -t-o -d-e-l-i-v-e-r -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e 
                -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -t-o -t-h-e-i-r 
                -p-a-t-i-e-n-t-s-; -a-n-d
                    -`-`-(-C-) -t-h-e -e-f-f-e-c-t-s -o-f -s-u-c-h 
                -i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-s -o-n -t-h-e -m-e-n-t-a-l -a-n-d 
                -p-h-y-s-i-c-a-l -h-e-a-l-t-h -o-f -w-o-m-e-n-, 
                -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g---
                            -`-`-(-i-) -a-n-y -m-e-d-i-c-a-l -r-i-s-k-s 
                        -o-r -c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s 
                        -a-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-e-d -w-i-t-h -d-e-l-a-y-s -i-n 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n-i-n-g-, -o-r -f-a-i-l-u-r-e -t-o 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n-, -t-e-s-t-i-n-g-, 
                        -s-c-r-e-e-n-i-n-g -o-r -t-r-e-a-t-m-e-n-t 
                        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -i-n -t-h-e -a-r-e-a-s -o-f 
                        -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h-;
                            -`-`-(-i-i-) -a-n-y -m-e-d-i-c-a-l 
                        -r-i-s-k-s -o-r -c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s 
                        -a-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-e-d -w-i-t-h -d-e-l-a-y-s -i-n 
                        -t-h-e -t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -a 
                        -p-r-e-g-n-a-n-c-y-;
                            -`-`-(-i-i-i-) -a-n-y -h-a-r-m -t-o 
                        -m-a-t-e-r-n-a-l -o-r -c-h-i-l-d -h-e-a-l-t-h 
                        -a-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-e-d -w-i-t-h -d-e-l-a-y-s -i-n 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n-i-n-g-, -o-r -f-a-i-l-u-r-e -t-o 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n-, -p-r-e-n-a-t-a-l 
                        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-; -a-n-d
                            -`-`-(-i-v-) -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r 
                        -e-f-f-e-c-t-s -o-f -d-e-l-a-y-s -i-n 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n-i-n-g -o-r -f-a-i-l-u-r-e -t-o 
                        -o-b-t-a-i-n -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e 
                        -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-.
        -S-u-c-h -s-t-u-d-y -s-h-a-l-l -t-a-k-e -i-n-t-o -a-c-c-o-u-n-t 
        -a-n-y -s-h-o-r-t---t-e-r-m -e-f-f-e-c-t-s -o-n -t-h-e 
        -d-e-l-i-v-e-r-y -o-f -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -b-y -t-h-e -t-a-r-g-e-t-e-d 
        -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -a-n-d -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-r-s-, -a-s -w-e-l-l 
        -a-s -a-n-y -l-o-n-g---t-e-r-m -i-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-s -f-o-r 
        -t-h-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -a-n-d -w-e-l-f-a-r-e -o-f -w-o-m-e-n -i-n 
        -t-h-e -g-e-n-e-r-a-l -p-o-p-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
            -`-`-(-2-) -R-e-p-o-r-t-.----N-o-t -l-a-t-e-r -t-h-a-n -1 
        -y-e-a-r -a-f-t-e-r -t-h-e -d-a-t-e -o-f -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t 
        -o-f -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y 
        -s-h-a-l-l -p-r-e-p-a-r-e -a-n-d -s-u-b-m-i-t -t-o -t-h-e 
        -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -c-o-m-m-i-t-t-e-e-s -o-f 
        -C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s -a -r-e-p-o-r-t -t-h-a-t -d-e-s-c-r-i-b-e-s 
        -t-h-e -r-e-s-u-l-t-s -o-f -t-h-e -s-t-u-d-y -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-e-d 
        -u-n-d-e-r -p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h -(-1-)-, -t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r 
        -w-i-t-h -a-n-y -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e 
        -r-e-c-o-m-m-e-n-d-a-t-i-o-n-s -a-n-d -p-r-o-p-o-s-e-d 
        -l-e-g-i-s-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
    -`-`-(-d-) -I-n-v-e-s-t-i-g-a-t-i-o-n -o-f 
-V-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-.---
            -`-`-(-1-) -I-n -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.----T-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -a-n 
        -i-n-v-e-s-t-i-g-a-t-i-o-n-, -o-n -t-h-e -r-e-q-u-e-s-t -o-f -a 
        -m-e-d-i-c-a-l -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y -p-r-o-v-i-d-i-n-g 
        -r-e-p-r-o-d-u-c-t-i-v-e -h-e-a-l-t-h -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -o-r 
        -o-n -t-h-e -i-n-i-t-i-a-t-i-v-e -o-f -t-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y-, -t-o -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e -w-h-e-t-h-e-r 
        -a-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -h-a-s -v-i-o-l-a-t-e-d -o-r -i-s 
        -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-n-g -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-.
            -`-`-(-2-) -A-s-s-i-s-t-a-n-c-e-.----T-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y -o-b-t-a-i-n -t-h-e 
        -a-s-s-i-s-t-a-n-c-e -o-f -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y 
        -G-e-n-e-r-a-l-, -o-r -a -S-t-a-t-e -o-r -l-o-c-a-l 
        -g-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t -a-g-e-n-c-y -u-n-d-e-r -a 
        -c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-v-e -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t -w-i-t-h -s-u-c-h 
        -a-g-e-n-c-y-, -i-n -c-o-n-d-u-c-t-i-n-g 
        -i-n-v-e-s-t-i-g-a-t-i-o-n-s -u-n-d-e-r -p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h 
        -(-1-)-.
            -`-`-(-3-) -R-e-f-e-r-r-a-l-.----I-f -t-h-e 
        -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e-s -t-h-a-t 
        -r-e-a-s-o-n-a-b-l-e -c-a-u-s-e -e-x-i-s-t-s -t-o 
        -b-e-l-i-e-v-e -t-h-a-t -a -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-i-s 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -h-a-s -o-c-c-u-r-r-e-d -o-r -i-s 
        -o-c-c-u-r-r-i-n-g-, -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l 
        -i-m-m-e-d-i-a-t-e-l-y -r-e-f-e-r -t-h-e -m-a-t-t-e-r -t-o 
        -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -f-o-r 
        -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -a-c-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r 
        -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-e-)-(-2-)-.
    -`-`-(-e-) -C-i-v-i-l -R-e-m-e-d-i-e-s-.--
            -`-`-(-1-) -R-i-g-h-t -o-f -a-c-t-i-o-n-.--
                    -`-`-(-A-) -I-n -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.---A-n-y 
                -p-e-r-s-o-n -a-g-g-r-i-e-v-e-d -b-y -r-e-a-s-o-n -o-f 
                -t-h-e -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y 
                -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -m-a-y -c-o-m-m-e-n-c-e -a 
                -c-i-v-i-l -a-c-t-i-o-n -f-o-r -t-h-e -r-e-l-i-e-f 
                -s-e-t -f-o-r-t-h -i-n -s-u-b-p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h 
                -(-B-)-.
                    -`-`-(-B-) -D-a-m-a-g-e-s-.---I-n -a-n-y 
                -a-c-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h 
                -(-A-)-, -t-h-e -c-o-u-r-t -m-a-y -a-w-a-r-d 
                -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -r-e-l-i-e-f-, 
                -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y-, 
                -p-r-e-l-i-m-i-n-a-r-y -o-r -p-e-r-m-a-n-e-n-t 
                -i-n-j-u-n-c-t-i-v-e -r-e-l-i-e-f -a-n-d 
                -c-o-m-p-e-n-s-a-t-o-r-y -a-n-d -p-u-n-i-t-i-v-e 
                -d-a-m-a-g-e-s-, -a-s -w-e-l-l -a-s -t-h-e -c-o-s-t-s 
                -o-f -s-u-i-t -a-n-d -r-e-a-s-o-n-a-b-l-e -f-e-e-s 
                -f-o-r -a-t-t-o-r-n-e-y-s -a-n-d -e-x-p-e-r-t 
                -w-i-t-n-e-s-s-e-s-. -W-i-t-h -r-e-s-p-e-c-t -t-o 
                -c-o-m-p-e-n-s-a-t-o-r-y -d-a-m-a-g-e-s-, -t-h-e 
                -p-l-a-i-n-t-i-f-f -m-a-y -e-l-e-c-t-, -a-t -a-n-y 
                -t-i-m-e -p-r-i-o-r -t-o -t-h-e -r-e-n-d-e-r-i-n-g -o-f 
                -f-i-n-a-l -j-u-d-g-m-e-n-t-, -t-o -r-e-c-o-v-e-r-, 
                -i-n -l-i-e-u -o-f -a-c-t-u-a-l -d-a-m-a-g-e-s-, -a-n 
                -a-w-a-r-d -o-f -s-t-a-t-u-t-o-r-y -d-a-m-a-g-e-s -i-n 
                -t-h-e -a-m-o-u-n-t -o-f -$-5-,-0-0-0 -p-e-r 
                -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
            -`-`-(-2-) -A-c-t-i-o-n -b-y -a-t-t-o-r-n-e-y 
        -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.--
                    -`-`-(-A-) -I-n -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.---I-f -t-h-e 
                -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -h-a-s 
                -r-e-a-s-o-n-a-b-l-e -c-a-u-s-e -t-o -b-e-l-i-e-v-e 
                -t-h-a-t -a-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -o-r -g-r-o-u-p -o-f 
                -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -i-s -b-e-i-n-g-, -h-a-s -b-e-e-n-, -o-r 
                -m-a-y -b-e -i-n-j-u-r-e-d -b-y -c-o-n-d-u-c-t 
                -c-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-n-g -a -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n -o-f 
                -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-d -s-u-c-h 
                -c-o-n-d-u-c-t -r-a-i-s-e-s -a-n -i-s-s-u-e -o-f 
                -g-e-n-e-r-a-l -p-u-b-l-i-c -i-m-p-o-r-t-a-n-c-e-, 
                -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -m-a-y 
                -c-o-m-m-e-n-c-e -a -c-i-v-i-l -a-c-t-i-o-n -i-n -a-n-y 
                -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s 
                -D-i-s-t-r-i-c-t -C-o-u-r-t-.
                    -`-`-(-B-) -D-a-m-a-g-e-s-.---I-n -a-n-y 
                -a-c-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h 
                -(-A-)-, -t-h-e -c-o-u-r-t -m-a-y -a-w-a-r-d 
                -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -r-e-l-i-e-f-, 
                -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y-, 
                -p-r-e-l-i-m-i-n-a-r-y -o-r -p-e-r-m-a-n-e-n-t 
                -i-n-j-u-n-c-t-i-v-e -r-e-l-i-e-f -a-n-d 
                -c-o-m-p-e-n-s-a-t-o-r-y -d-a-m-a-g-e-s -t-o 
                -p-e-r-s-o-n-s -a-g-g-r-i-e-v-e-d -a-s 
                -d-e-s-c-r-i-b-e-d -i-n -p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h 
                -(-1-)-(-B-)-. -T-h-e -c-o-u-r-t-, -t-o 
                -v-i-n-d-i-c-a-t-e -t-h-e -p-u-b-l-i-c 
                -i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-, -m-a-y -a-l-s-o -a-s-s-e-s-s -a 
                -c-i-v-i-l -p-e-n-a-l-t-y -a-g-a-i-n-s-t -e-a-c-h 
                -r-e-s-p-o-n-d-e-n-t---
                            -`-`-(-i-) -i-n -a-n -a-m-o-u-n-t -n-o-t 
                        -e-x-c-e-e-d-i-n-g -$-1-5-,-0-0-0-, -f-o-r -a 
                        -f-i-r-s-t -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-; -a-n-d
                            -`-`-(-i-i-) -i-n -a-n -a-m-o-u-n-t -n-o-t 
                        -e-x-c-e-e-d-i-n-g -$-2-5-,-0-0-0-, -f-o-r 
                        -a-n-y -s-u-b-s-e-q-u-e-n-t 
                        -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
    -`-`-(-f-) -R-u-l-e-s -o-f -C-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n-.--
-N-o-t-h-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-e-d -o-r -i-n-t-e-r-p-r-e-t-e-d -t-o---
            -`-`-(-1-) -p-r-e-v-e-n-t -a-n-y -S-t-a-t-e -f-r-o-m 
        -e-x-e-r-c-i-s-i-n-g -j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n -o-v-e-r -a-n-y 
        -o-f-f-e-n-s-e -o-v-e-r -w-h-i-c-h -i-t -w-o-u-l-d -h-a-v-e 
        -j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n -i-n -t-h-e -a-b-s-e-n-c-e -o-f 
        -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-;
            -`-`-(-2-) -d-e-p-r-i-v-e -S-t-a-t-e -a-n-d -l-o-c-a-l 
        -l-a-w -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-i-e-s -o-f 
        -r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y -f-o-r -p-r-o-s-e-c-u-t-i-n-g 
        -a-c-t-s -t-h-a-t -m-a-y -b-e -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f 
        -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -t-h-a-t -a-r-e 
        -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f -S-t-a-t-e -o-r -l-o-c-a-l -l-a-w-;
            -`-`-(-3-) -p-r-o-v-i-d-e -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e 
        -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-y -t-o -p-r-o-s-e-c-u-t-e-, -o-r 
        -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -p-e-n-a-l-t-i-e-s -f-o-r-, -a-c-t-s 
        -t-h-a-t -m-a-y -b-e -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-i-s 
        -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f 
        -o-t-h-e-r -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -l-a-w-s-;
            -`-`-(-4-) -l-i-m-i-t -o-r -o-t-h-e-r-w-i-s-e -a-f-f-e-c-t 
        -t-h-e -r-i-g-h-t -o-f -a -p-e-r-s-o-n -a-g-g-r-i-e-v-e-d -b-y 
        -a-c-t-s -t-h-a-t -m-a-y -b-e -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -o-f 
        -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -t-o -s-e-e-k -o-t-h-e-r 
        -a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e -c-i-v-i-l -r-e-m-e-d-i-e-s-; -o-r
            -`-`-(-5-) -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t -e-x-p-r-e-s-s-i-o-n 
        -p-r-o-t-e-c-t-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -F-i-r-s-t -A-m-e-n-d-m-e-n-t 
        -t-o -t-h-e -C-o-n-s-t-i-t-u-t-i-o-n-.
    -`-`-(-g-) -D-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n-s-.---A-s -u-s-e-d -i-n -t-h-i-s 
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n-:
            -`-`-(-1-) -A-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-.----T-h-e 
        -t-e-r-m -`-a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-' -i-n-c-l-u-d-e-s 
        -m-e-d-i-c-a-l-, -s-u-r-g-i-c-a-l-, -c-o-u-n-s-e-l-l-i-n-g -o-r 
        -r-e-f-e-r-r-a-l -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s -r-e-l-a-t-i-n-g -t-o -t-h-e 
        -t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -a -p-r-e-g-n-a-n-c-y-.
            -`-`-(-2-) -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -g-e-n-e-r-a-l-.---T-h-e 
        -t-e-r-m -`-A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l-' -i-n-c-l-u-d-e-s 
        -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d 
        -S-t-a-t-e-s-, -t-h-e -D-e-p-u-t-y -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y 
        -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s-, -t-h-e 
        -A-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -o-f -t-h-e 
        -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s-, -o-r -a-n-y -e-m-p-l-o-y-e-e -o-f 
        -t-h-e -D-e-p-a-r-t-m-e-n-t -o-f -J-u-s-t-i-c-e -o-r -a-n-y 
        -e-m-p-l-o-y-e-e -o-f -a-n-y -d-e-p-a-r-t-m-e-n-t -o-r 
        -a-g-e-n-c-y -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s -s-o 
        -d-e-s-i-g-n-a-t-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y 
        -G-e-n-e-r-a-l -t-o -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -t-h-e -p-o-w-e-r-s 
        -c-o-n-f-e-r-r-e-d -o-n -t-h-e -A-t-t-o-r-n-e-y -G-e-n-e-r-a-l 
        -b-y -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-.
            -`-`-(-3-) -M-e-d-i-c-a-l -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y-.---T-h-e 
        -t-e-r-m -`-m-e-d-i-c-a-l -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y-' -i-n-c-l-u-d-e-s 
        -a -h-o-s-p-i-t-a-l-, -c-l-i-n-i-c-, -p-h-y-s-i-c-i-a-n-'-s 
        -o-f-f-i-c-e-, -o-r -o-t-h-e-r -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-y -t-h-a-t 
        -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-s -h-e-a-l-t-h -o-r -s-u-r-g-i-c-a-l 
        -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-.
            -`-`-(-4-) -S-t-a-t-e-.----T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-S-t-a-t-e-' 
        -i-n-c-l-u-d-e-s -a -S-t-a-t-e -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d 
        -S-t-a-t-e-s-, -t-h-e -D-i-s-t-r-i-c-t -o-f -C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a-, 
        -a-n-d -a-n-y -c-o-m-m-o-n-w-e-a-l-t-h-, -t-e-r-r-i-t-o-r-y-, 
        -o-r -p-o-s-s-e-s-s-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d 
        -S-t-a-t-e-s-.-'-'-.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom of Access to Clinic 
Entrances Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) medical clinics and other facilities throughout the 
        Nation offering abortion-related services have been targeted in 
        recent years by an interstate campaign of violence and 
        obstruction aimed at closing the facilities or physically 
        blocking ingress to them, and intimidating those seeking to 
        obtain or provide abortion-related services;
            (2) as a result of such conduct, women are being denied 
        access to, and health care providers are being prevented from 
        delivering, vital reproductive health services;
            (3) such conduct subjects women to increased medical risks 
        and thereby jeopardizes the public health and safety;
            (4) the methods used to deny women access to these services 
        include blockades of facility entrances; invasions and 
        occupations of the premises; vandalism and destruction of 
        property in and around the facility; bombings, arson, and 
        murder; and other acts of force and threats of force;
            (5) those engaging in such tactics frequently trample 
        police lines and barricades and overwhelm State and local law 
        enforcement authorities and courts and their ability to 
        restrain and enjoin unlawful conduct and prosecute those who 
        have violated the law;
            (6) this problem is national in scope, and because of its 
        magnitude and interstate nature exceeds the ability of any 
        single State or local jurisdiction to solve it;
            (7) such conduct operates to infringe upon women's ability 
        to exercise full enjoyment of rights secured to them by Federal 
        and State law, both statutory and constitutional, and burdens 
        interstate commerce, including by interfering with business 
        activities of medical clinics involved in interstate commerce 
        and by forcing women to travel from States where their access 
        to reproductive health services is obstructed to other States;
            (8) the entities that provide abortion-related services 
        engage in commerce by purchasing and leasing facilities and 
        equipment, selling goods and services, employing people, and 
        generating income;
            (9) such entities purchase medicine, medical supplies, 
        surgical instruments, and other supplies produced in other 
        States;
            (10) violence, threats of violence, obstruction, and 
        property damage directed at abortion providers and medical 
        facilities have had the effect of restricting the interstate 
        movement of goods and people;
            (11) prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Bray v. 
        Alexandria Women's Health Clinic (113 S. Ct. 753 (1993)), such 
        conduct was frequently restrained and enjoined by Federal 
        courts in actions brought under section 1980(3) of the Revised 
        Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1985(3));
            (12) in the Bray decision, the Court denied a remedy under 
        such section to persons injured by the obstruction of access to 
        abortion-related services;
            (13) legislation is necessary to prohibit the obstruction 
        of access by women to abortion-related services and to ensure 
        that persons injured by such conduct, as well as the Attorney 
        General of the United States and State Attorneys General, can 
        seek redress in the Federal courts;
            (14) the obstruction of access to abortion-related services 
        can be prohibited, and the right of injured parties to seek 
        redress in the courts can be established, without abridging the 
        exercise of any rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to 
        the Constitution or other law; and
            (15) Congress has the affirmative power under section 8 of 
        article I of the Constitution as well as under section 5 of the 
        Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution to enact such 
        legislation.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote 
the public health and safety and activities affecting interstate 
commerce by prohibiting the use of force, threat of force or physical 
obstruction to injure, intimidate or interfere with a person seeking to 
obtain or provide abortion-related services, and the destruction of 
property of facilities providing abortion-related services, and by 
establishing the right of private parties injured by such conduct, as 
well as the Attorney General of the United States and State Attorneys 
General in appropriate cases, to bring actions for appropriate relief.

SEC. 3. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC ENTRANCES.

    Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aaa et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section:

``SEC. 2715. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC ENTRANCES.

    ``(a) Prohibited Activities.--Whoever--
            ``(1) by force or threat of force or by physical 
        obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes 
        with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any 
        person because that person is or has been, or in order to 
        intimidate such person or any other person or any class of 
        persons from, obtaining or providing abortion-related services; 
        or
            ``(2) intentionally damages or destroys the property of a 
        medical facility or in which a medical facility is located, or 
        attempts to do so, because such facility provides abortion-
        related services,
shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b) and the 
civil remedies provided in subsection (c), except that a parent or 
legal guardian of a minor shall not be subject to any penalties or 
civil remedies under this section for such activities insofar as they 
are directed exclusively at that minor.
    ``(b) Penalties.--Whoever violates this section shall--
            ``(1) in the case of a first offense, be fined in 
        accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 
        both; and
            ``(2) in the case of a second or subsequent offense after a 
        prior conviction under this section, be fined in accordance 
        with title 18 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both;
except that, if bodily injury results, the length of imprisonment shall 
be not more than 10 years, and if death results, it shall be for any 
term of years or for life.
    ``(c) Civil Remedies.--
            ``(1) Right of action.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any person aggrieved by reason 
                of the conduct prohibited by subsection (a) may 
                commence a civil action for the relief set forth in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Relief.--In any action under subparagraph 
                (A), the court may award appropriate relief, including 
                temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief 
                and compensatory and punitive damages, as well as the 
                costs of suit and reasonable fees for attorneys and 
                expert witnesses. With respect to compensatory damages, 
                the plaintiff may elect, at any time prior to the 
                rendering of final judgment, to recover, in lieu of 
                actual damages, an award of statutory damages in the 
                amount of $5,000 per violation.
            ``(2) Action by attorney general of the united states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the Attorney General of the 
                United States has reasonable cause to believe that any 
                person or group of persons is being, has been, or may 
                be injured by conduct constituting a violation of this 
                section, and such conduct raises an issue of general 
                public importance, the Attorney General may commence a 
                civil action in any appropriate United States District 
                Court.
                    ``(B) Relief.--In any action under subparagraph 
                (A), the court may award appropriate relief, including 
                temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief 
                and compensatory damages to persons aggrieved as 
                described in paragraph (1)(B). The court, to vindicate 
                the public interest, may also assess a civil penalty 
                against each respondent--
                            ``(i) in an amount not exceeding $15,000, 
                        for a first violation; and
                            ``(ii) in an amount not exceeding $25,000, 
                        for any subsequent violation.
            ``(3) Actions by state attorneys general.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the Attorney General of a 
                State has reasonable cause to believe that any person 
                or group of persons is being, has been, or may be 
                injured by conduct constituting a violation of this 
                section, and such conduct raises an issue of general 
                public importance, such Attorney General may commence a 
                civil action in the name of such State, as parens 
                patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in such 
                State, in any appropriate United States District Court.
                    ``(B) Relief.--In any action under subparagraph 
                (A), the court may award appropriate relief, including 
                temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief, 
                compensatory damages, and civil penalties as described 
                in paragraph (2)(B).
    ``(d) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed or interpreted to--
            ``(1) prevent any State from exercising jurisdiction over 
        any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the 
        absence of this section;
            ``(2) deprive State and local law enforcement authorities 
        of responsibility for prosecuting acts that may be violations 
        of this section and that are violations of State or local law;
            ``(3) provide exclusive authority to prosecute, or 
        exclusive penalties for, acts that may be violations of this 
        section and that are violations of other Federal laws;
            ``(4) limit or otherwise affect the right of a person 
        aggrieved by acts that may be violations of this section to 
        seek other available civil remedies; or
            ``(5) prohibit expression protected by the First Amendment 
        to the Constitution.
    ``(e) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) Abortion-related services.--The term `abortion-
        related services' includes medical, surgical, counselling or 
        referral services, provided in a medical facility, relating to 
        pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy.
            ``(2) Interfere with.--The term `interfere with' means to 
        restrict a person's freedom of movement.
            ``(3) Intimidate.--The term `intimidate' means to place a 
        person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm to him- or 
        herself or to another.
            ``(4) Medical facility.--The term `medical facility' 
        includes a hospital, clinic, physician's office, or other 
        facility that provides health or surgical services or 
        counselling or referral related to health or surgical services.
            ``(5) Physical obstruction.--The term `physical 
        obstruction' means rendering impassable ingress to or egress 
        from a medical facility that provides abortion-related 
        services, or rendering passage to or from such a facility 
        unreasonably difficult or hazardous.
            ``(6) State.--The term `State' includes a State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect with respect to conduct occurring on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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