[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4153 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4153

                     To prohibit certain abortions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2000

 Mr. Edwards introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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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 ``Banning Late Term Abortions 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 if, at 
the time of the abortion the physician concludes in good faith 
according to the physician's best medical judgment, the abortion is 
necessary to preserve the life of the woman or to avert serious adverse 
health consequences to the woman.
    (c) Civil Penalty.--A physician who violates this section shall be 
subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000.
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