Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

United States116th CongressHR-5662House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Feb 7, 2020

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Official Summary

Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

This bill imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both—on a physician who performs an abortion without admitting privileges to a local hospital or fails to comply with certain notification requirements.

A woman who receives an abortion in violation of this bill may not be prosecuted.

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Timeline

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S-3226: Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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