ABORTION

Amendments

Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3719 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 946), S3430 [14MY] (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

Armed Forces: lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H1824 [21MR]

——— protect the privacy of servicewomen seeking abortions in cases of rape or incest and allow use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see S. 777), S2896 [23AP]

Civil liberties: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 583), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1091), H1356 [12MR]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 135), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 61), H29 [3JA] (see H.R. 217), H52 [4JA]

Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 2764), H4825 [19JY]

——— restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 23), H28 [3JA]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 32), S42 [22JA] (see S. 369), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 732), H546 [14FE]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 973), H982 [5MR]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see S. 1539), S6753 [24SE] (see H.R. 3062), H5399 [2AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for an abortion (see H.R. 493), H369 [5FE]

Discrimination: prohibit against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 138), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

——— prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 137), S284 [24JA]

District of Columbia: protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 886), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 1797), H2392 [26AP]

Families and domestic relations: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 3601), H7354 [21NO]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see S. 119), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 2738), H4724 [18JY]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see S. 981), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 2030), H2717 [16MY]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (see S. Res. 134), S3256 [8MY]

——— ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 356), S773 [14FE]

——— intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 1740), H2350 [25AP]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (see S. Res. 133), S3256 [8MY] (see H. Res. 206), H2533 [8MY]

——— prohibit discrimination and retaliation against individuals and health care entities that refuse to recommend, refer for, cover, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in abortions (see S. 143), S284 [24JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding of abortions (see S. 142), S284 [24JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 1670), S7927 [7NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (see H. Res. 266), H3686 [17JN]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1204), S4792 [20JN] (see H.R. 940), H949 [4MR]

——— provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2433), H3927 [19JN]

Health care professionals: impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions (see S. 139), S284 [24JA]

Medicaid: require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 2993), H5396 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see S. 154), S285 [24JA] (see H.R. 346), H222 [22JA]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see S. 1848), S8975 [18DE] (see H.R. 3279), H6453 [9OC]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 813), S3028 [25AP]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H1395 [13MR]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2943), H5343 [1AU]

Women: ensure access to best available overall and reproductive health care and affordable insurance, reduce health disparities, end gender-based violence, and promote economic security (see H. Res. 94), H816 [28FE]

——— ensure access to contraception, preventive services, accurate health care information, cancer screenings, and affordable insurance for pregnancy-related needs and reduce health disparities (see S. Res. 60), S944 [27FE]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see S. 1696), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3471), H7051 [13NO]

Factsheets

Fetal Pain—The Evidence: doctorsonfetalpain.org (Internet site), H3715–H3717 [18JN]

Letters

Insurance coverage of abortion care for fatal fetal anomalies: Holly Scheuren, E89 [4FE]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3742 [18JN]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H3742 [18JN]

——— several religious organizations, H3734, H3737 [18JN]

Protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of specific items and services: David Green, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., S6774 [24SE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H2752–H2754 [17MY]

Armed Forces: lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (H.R. 1389), E360 [21MR]

China: harassment of family of human rights activists Chen Guangcheng and Yuan Weijing, H2789 [20MY]

——— testimonies delivered during ‘‘Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng—Human Rights in China’’ hearing, E438–E440 [12AP]

Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, H206–H219 [22JA], H251, H257, H258 [23JA], H2346 [25AP], H2377 [26AP], H2476 [7MY], H2623 [15MY], H2708 [16MY], H2754 [17MY], H3229–H3233 [6JN], E56, E59 [23JA], E624 [8MY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons, H2381 [26AP]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on sex selective abortion and female infanticide in India, E1324 [17SE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 217), H64 [14JA], H185, H219 [22JA]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 61), H76 [14JA], H219 [22JA]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H5421 [9SE]

District of Columbia: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H2752–H2754 [17MY], H3229–H3233 [6JN], H3636, H3637 [14JN]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 2030), E683 [16MY]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H1914, H1932, H1933–H1939 [11AP], H1986 [12AP], H2074 [17AP], H2276, H2283 [24AP], H2313, H2327, H2328, H2329, H2330, H2346 [25AP], H2377, H2381 [26AP], H2476 [7MY], H2623 [15MY], H2708 [16MY], H2754 [17MY], H3229–H3233 [6JN], H3677 [17JN], H3713, H3733, H3740–H3742 [18JN], H5556 [17SE], E624 [8MY]

Health: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (H. Res. 206), E624 [8MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3670, H3677 [17JN], H3691, H3695, H3697, H3698, H3699, H3700, H3730–H3745 [18JN], H3768 [19JN], E928, E942, E952 [20JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708–H3720 [18JN]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, H6162 [2OC]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), H955 [5MR], H1435 [15MR], H3106 [5JN], H3347–H3354 [12JN], E1727 [21NO]

Kentucky Right to Life Association: anniversary, E53 [23JA]

National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children: observance, H5556 [17SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges, H7340 [21NO]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H184, H185, H186, H187, H206–H219 [22JA], H226, H258 [23JA], E56, E59 [23JA], E68 [25JA]

Texas: Federal court ruling that new restrictions on abortion are in violation of the Constitution, E1595 [29OC]

Remarks in Senate

Civil liberties: protect lives of born and unborn persons (S. 583), S1872 [14MR], S1873 [18MR]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S2281 [22MR]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 369), S786 [14FE]

Discrimination: prohibit against the unborn on the basis of sex, S2089 [21MR]

District of Columbia: protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 886), S3240 [8MY]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, S3239 [8MY]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY]

——— condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806, S3807 [23MY]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY], S3807 [23MY]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806 [23MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), S4629, S4630, S4654 [19JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 1670), S7898–S7900 [7NO]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S2268 [22MR], S6774 [24SE], S6926 [26SE], S6980 [27SE]

Health care professionals: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections, S4630 [19JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S4630 [19JN]

Senate: provide a point of order against legislation funding the U.N. while member nations force their citizens or residents to undergo abortion, S2316 [22MR]

Women: ensure access to primary and preventive health care, family planning or birth control, or employer-provided contraceptive coverage, S2250, S2255 [22MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 266) (H. Rept. 113–114), H3686 [17JN]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1797) (H. Rept. 113–109), H3652 [14JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708 [18JN]

Statements

Living Beyond the Bandaide of Abortion: Joyce Zounis, H210, H215 [22JA]

Protect Access to Safe and Legal Abortion—Reject the Nationwide 20-Week Abortion Ban: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., H3736 [18JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 266, consideration of H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H3708 [18JN]

H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H3730 [18JN]

S. Res. 60, ensure access by women to contraception, preventive services, accurate health care information, cancer screenings, and affordable insurance for pregnancy-related needs and reduce health disparities, S947 [27FE]

S. Res. 133, investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices, S3263 [8MY]

S. Res. 134, condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices, S3263 [8MY]