Women’s Healthcare Anti-Death Penalty Construction Act
United States118th CongressHR-2430House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 30, 2023
Summary
Women’s Healthcare Anti-Death Penalty Construction Act This bill requires a federal court to construe the imposition of a death penalty sentence for an individual convicted of an offense under state law for receiving or providing a reproductive health service (e.g., an abortion) as cruel and unusual punishment and a miscarriage of justice. It also authorizes civil suits by affected individuals and a right to habeas corpus relief in federal district court.
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Timeline
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
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