ABORTION
Articles and editorials
Determined Margie Montgomery Has Been Defending the Sanctity of Human Life for 50 Years, S4460 [23JY]
Senator Gary Peters Shares His Abortion Story (excerpt), S6500 [25OC]
We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Feels About Abortion, Don’t Let Republicans Pretend Otherwise, S6500 [25OC]
Bills and resolutions
China: impose sanctions relative to forced abortions (see S. 4799), S6038 [5OC]
Courts: restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at conception (see H.R. 6042), H1437 [2MR]
Crime: criminalize any abortion or sterilization procedure performed without informed consent of person on whom such procedure is performed (see H.R. 8498), H5638 [1OC]
——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 8923), H7110 [9DE]
Dept. of HHS: provide for demonstration program to facilitate clinical adoption of pregnancy intention screening initiatives (see H.R. 6178), H1587 [10MR]
——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 5651), H325 [16JA]
Families and domestic relations: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see S. 3686), S2379 [12MY]
Foreign aid: authorize use of funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services (see H.R. 7816), H3978 [29JY]
——— prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (see S. 3259), S963 [10FE] (see H.R. 5831), H1016 [10FE]
Health: prohibit expenditure for an abortion of Federal funds authorized or appropriated for preventing, preparing for, or responding to coronavirus pandemic (see H.R. 6742), H1983 [8MY]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 3275), S989 [11FE] (see H.R. 8939), H7147 [10DE]
Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see S. 4658), S5832 [23SE] (see H.R. 8353), H4883 [23SE]
SBA: prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under Paycheck Protection Program (see H.R. 7792), H3880 [27JY]
Taxation: provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses (see S. 3173), S125 [9JA]
Women: ensure women seeking an abortion are notified, before giving informed consent, of medical risks associated with abortion procedure, and major developmental characteristics of the unborn child (see S. 3388), S1476 [4MR] (see H.R. 6077), H1504 [4MR]
——— prohibit certain procedures (see S. 3226), S435 [21JA] (see H.R. 5662), H334 [21JA]
——— prohibit chemical abortions performed without the presence of a health care provider (see S. 3252), S857 [4FE]
Cloture motions
Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 311), motion to proceed, S1062 [13FE], S1136 [25FE]
Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 3275), motion to proceed, S1062 [13FE], S1136 [25FE]
Letters
Importance of abortion and reproductive freedom: Greenfield, MA, constituent, S6501 [25OC]
——— Medford, MA, constituent, S6501 [25OC]
Motions
Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 311), S1062 [13FE]
Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 3275), S1062 [13FE]
Remarks in House
Children and youth: encourage pro-life advocates to support and promote alternatives to abortion such as adoption and foster care, E47 [16JA]
Civil liberties: pro choice versus right to life, H1499–H1502 [4MR], H2986 [1JY], E268 [5MR]
Crime: prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable, H1531 [5MR]
——— prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (H.R. 490), H288, H292 [15JA]
——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion, H1287 [28FE]
——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (H.R. 962), H224 [14JA], H283, H286, H287, H288, H289 [15JA], H557 [27JA], H1058 [12FE]
——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 311), H1445 [3MR]
Dannenfelser, Marjorie: tribute to publication of ‘‘Life Is Winning’’, H5114 [1OC]
Day of Tears: observe and encourage citizens to lower flags to half-staff to honor unborn children who lost their lives to abortion (H. Res. 50), H284, H286 [15JA]
Dept. of HHS: issuance of notice of violation to California for elective abortion coverage mandate on health insurance plans and issuers in violation of Federal conscience laws, H1023 [11FE]
FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (H.R. 4399), H285 [15JA]
Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 784), H288 [15JA]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 3275), H1445 [3MR]
March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, H243, H250, H281–H289, H291–H293 [15JA], H557 [27JA], H578 [28JA], E75 [24JA]
Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (H.R. 4934), H224 [14JA]
——— protect dignity of fetal remains (S. 2590), H1127, H1132 [13FE]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (H.R. 369), H288 [15JA]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H224 [14JA], H246, H274, H276, H282–H289, H291–H293 [15JA], H317, H318 [16JA], H715 [30JA], E47, E51 [16JA]
——— hearing of arguments in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo relative to Louisiana law restricting access to abortion services, H1523 [5MR], E280 [9MR]
——— support amicus brief filed on behalf of House in the matter of June Medical Services, LLC vs. Gee, E6 [7JA]
Taxation: provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of deduction for medical expenses (H.R. 2742), H288 [15JA]
Texas: oppose Healthy Texas Women Medicaid waiver program, H1464 [3MR]
Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to judicial nominations, H2425 [25JN]
Women: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (H.R. 2975), H7163 [16DE]
——— State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, H1499–H1502 [4MR], E277 [9MR]
Remarks in Senate
China: impose sanctions relative to forced abortions (S. 4799), S7691 [18DE]
Civil liberties: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman, S6440 [24OC]
——— pro choice versus right to life, S4621, S4622 [30JY], S6500–S6502 [25OC]
Crime: require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (S. 311), motion to proceed, S1062, S1081 [13FE], S1096, S1098, S1101, S1105–S1113 [24FE], S1123–S1139, S1143 [25FE], S1169, S1175, S1176, S1178 [27FE]
FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (S. 3072), S5745–S5749 [22SE]
——— improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (S. 3072), unanimous-consent request, S5747 [22SE]
Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to nonprofits, foreign nongovernmental organizations, and quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations that promote or perform abortions (S. 3259), unanimous-consent request, S1464 [4MR]
Health: protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 3275), S997 [11FE], S1000 [12FE]
——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 3275), motion to proceed, S1062 [13FE], S1096, S1098, S1101, S1105–S1113 [24FE], S1123–S1139, S1143 [25FE], S1169, S1176, S1178 [27FE]
March for Life: commend marchers and recognize the right to life, S431 [21JA], S1053 [13FE]
Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (S. 2590), S1465 [4MR]
——— protect dignity of fetal remains (S. 2590), unanimous-consent request, S1463, S1464 [4MR]
Northam, Ralph S.: condemn comments relative to late-term abortion, S1106 [24FE]
Right to Life of Louisville, Inc.: anniversary, S4459 [23JY]
Supreme Court: decision in June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo, relative to Louisiana law restricting access to abortion services, S3629 [29JN], S4010–S4013 [30JN]
——— hearing of arguments in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo relative to Louisiana law restricting access to abortion services, S1511 [5MR]
——— proper role of justices relative to judicial decisions interpreting the Constitution or Federal laws, S4621 [30JY]
Taxation: provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses (S. 3173), S1173–S1176 [27FE]
——— provide that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the deduction for medical expenses (S. 3173), unanimous-consent request, S1174 [27FE]
Women: ensure access to, and ability to make decisions on, health care, including reproductive health care, regardless of their State of residence and promote preventive health care services, S1176 [27FE]
——— State laws and court cases impacting women’s reproductive health care and access to abortion, S1511 [5MR]