PRENDA Act of 2022

United States117th CongressHR-6465House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Summary

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2022 or the PRENDA Act of 2022 This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of sex-selection abortions (i.e., abortions based on the sex or gender of an unborn child). It subjects a violator to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. A woman who undergoes a sex-selection abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.

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Timeline

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S-86: PRENDA

Introduced in Senate

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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