[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2543 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2543

 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 
              deceptive advertising of abortion services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2011

   Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Connolly of 
    Virginia, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Lee of California, and 
Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 
              deceptive advertising of abortion services.

    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''.

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

    (a) Conduct Prohibited.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
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--
            (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such 
        person does not provide abortion services; and
            (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if 
        such person does provide abortion services.
    (b) Enforcement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce the 
rules required 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 
were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of the rules prescribed under section 2, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) 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.
            (2) Abortion services.--The term ``abortion services'' 
        means providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to 
        terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such 
        procedures.
            (3) Person.--The term ``person'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 551(2) of title 5, United States Code.
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