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