[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3554 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3554

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules prohibiting 
  deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 30, 2010

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules prohibiting 
  deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stop Deceptive Advertising for 
Women's Services Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING OF ABORTION SERVICES.

    (a) Conduct Prohibited.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 
promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or 
practice, any person from advertising with the intent to deceptively 
create the impression that such person is a provider of abortion 
services if such person does not provide abortion services.
    (b) Enforcement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce the 
rules promulgated under subsection (a) as if a violation of such rules 
were a violation of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)). The Commission shall enforce such rules in the 
same manner and by the same means, powers, and duties as though all 
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this 
section.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Abortion services.--The term ``abortion services'' 
        means providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to 
        terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such 
        procedures.
            (2) Advertise.--The term ``advertise'' means offering of 
        goods or services to the public, regardless of whether such 
        goods or services are offered for payment or result in a 
        profit.
            (3) Person.--The term ``person'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
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