[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4284 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4284

                     To prohibit certain abortions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1996

Mr. Hoyer (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
Sawyer, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Bentsen, Ms. McCarthy, Mr. Dooley of California, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Frost, Mr. Scott, Mr. Moran, 
 and Mr. Richardson) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                      to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
                     To prohibit certain abortions.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Late Term Abortion Restriction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful, in or affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce, knowingly to perform an abortion after the fetus 
has become viable.
    (b) Exception.--This section does not prohibit any abortion 
performed if, in the medical judgment of the attending physician, the 
abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the woman or to avert 
serious adverse health consequences to the woman.
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