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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 799 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for parental notification and intervention in the case of an |
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| 6 | 6 | | unemancipated minor seeking an abortion. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLERof Illinois (for herself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. MOORE |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Alabama, Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | OOREof West Virginia, Mr. OGLES, Mr. WEBSTERof |
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| 13 | 13 | | Florida, Ms. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | ENNEY, Mr. HARRISof Maryland, and Mr. WEBERof |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 16 | 16 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To provide for parental notification and intervention in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | case of an unemancipated minor seeking an abortion. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Notification 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and Intervention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) I |
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| 27 | 27 | | NGENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per-7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | son or organization in or affecting interstate or foreign 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | commerce or who solicits or accepts Federal funds to per-9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | form any abortion on an unemancipated minor under the 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | age of 18, to permit the facilities of the person or organi-2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | zation to be used to perform any abortion on such a minor, 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or to assist in the performance of any abortion on such 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | a minor if the person or organization has failed to comply 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | with all of the following requirements: 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) The provision of written notification to the 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | parents (as defined in subsection (e)) of the minor 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | informing the parents that an abortion has been re-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | quested for the minor, except that such notification 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | is not required for a parent if the physician is pre-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | sented with documentation showing with a reason-12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | able degree of certainty that a court of record in the 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | minor’s State of residence has waived any parental 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | notification. The court of record shall not waive any 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | parental notification requirement unless there is 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the minor by such parent. 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) Compliance with a 96-hour waiting period 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | after notice has been received by the parents. 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) Compliance with any injunction granted 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | under section 3 relating to the abortion. 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) F |
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| 56 | 56 | | INE FORVIOLATION.—Whoever willfully violates 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $100,000 or 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each viola-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) E |
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| 64 | 64 | | XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | respect to an unemancipated minor for whom an abortion 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | is sought if a physician (other than the physician with 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | principal responsibility for making the decision to perform 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the abortion) makes a determination that— 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) a medical emergency exists which, with rea-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sonable medical certainty, so complicates the medical 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | condition of the minor that the death of the minor 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | would result from the failure to immediately treat 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | her physical condition even though the treatment 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | may result in the death of her unborn child; 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) parental notification is not possible as a re-14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sult of the medical emergency; and 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (3) certifications regarding compliance with 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | paragraphs (1) and (2) have been entered in the 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | medical records of the minor, together with the rea-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | sons upon which the determinations are based, in-19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | cluding a statement of relevant clinical findings. 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (d) P |
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| 83 | 83 | | ARENTALNOTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—For 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | purposes of this section, any parental notification provided 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) for a par-23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ent shall be— 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (1) delivered personally to the parent; or 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (2) provided through certified mail in accord-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ance with all of the following procedures: 2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (A) The certified mail is addressed to the 3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | parent. 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (B) The address used is the dwelling or 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | usual place of abode of the parent. 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (C) A return receipt is requested. 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (D) The delivery is restricted to the par-8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ent. 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (e) P |
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| 101 | 101 | | ARENTDEFINEDTOINCLUDELEGALGUARD-10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | IAN.—For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘parent’’ in-11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | cludes, with respect to an unemancipated minor, any legal 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | guardian of the minor. 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | SEC. 3. PARENTAL INTERVENTION. 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Any parent required to be notified pursuant to sec-15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | tion 2 regarding an abortion of an unemancipated minor 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | may bring an action in the Federal district court where 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | the parent resides or where the unemancipated minor is 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | located to enjoin the performance of the abortion. The 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | court shall issue a temporary injunction barring the per-20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | formance of the abortion until the issue has been adju-21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | dicated and the judgment is final. The court shall issue 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | relief permanently enjoining the abortion unless the court 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | determines that granting such relief would be unlawful. 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | SEC. 4. PREEMPTION. 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt any 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | provision of State law to the extent that such State law 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | establishes, implements, or continues in effect greater pa-4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | rental notification requirements or intervention rights re-5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | garding abortion than those provided under this Act. 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SEVERABILITY. 7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (a) E |
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| 127 | 127 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The provisions of this Act 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | shall take effect upon its enactment. 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (b) S |
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| 130 | 130 | | EVERABILITY.—The provisions of this Act shall 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | be severable. If any provision of this Act, or any applica-11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tion thereof, is found unconstitutional, that finding shall 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | not affect any provision or application of the Act not so 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | adjudicated. 14 |
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