[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2130]
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SA 1452. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Daines)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1445
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Hirono (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Warnock)) to the bill S. 937, to facilitate the
expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 4, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:
(c) Abortions Based on Race, Ethnicity, Color, National
Origin, Sex, or Disability, Including a Chromosomal
Disorder.--
(1) Reporting.--
(A) In general.--For the purposes of facilitating expedited
review under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall
include any abortion committed against an unborn child based
on the race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex, or
disability, including a chromosomal disorder, of the unborn
child.
(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subparagraph (A)
shall be construed to create an offense or an additional
category of hate crime.
(2) Hold harmless.--A woman upon whom an abortion is
performed based on the race, ethnicity, color, national
origin, sex, or disability, including a chromosomal disorder,
of the unborn child may not be prosecuted or held civilly
liable on that basis under any provision of Federal law.
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