
‘Dismemberment Abortion’ Ban Act of 2017 (H.R. 1192)
This law was last updated on Jan 3, 2019
This law is Anti–Choice Model Bill
Number
H.R. 1192
Status
Failed to Pass
Proposed
Feb 16, 2017
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 62
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 63
Topics
Dilation and Evacuation BansFull Bill Text
HR 1192 would prohibit any physician from knowingly performing a ‘dismemberment abortion.’ The law would not apply to a ‘dismemberment abortion’ that is necessary to save the life of a pregnant individual whose life is endangered.
The bill defines ‘dismemberment abortion’ to mean:
“the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, knowingly dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time or intact but crushed from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush or grasp a portion of the unborn child’s body in order to cut or rip it off or crush it.”
This bill defines ‘unborn child’ to mean:
“an individual organism of the species homo sapiens, beginning at fertilization, until the point of being born alive[…]”
Any physician found guilty of performing such an abortion would be fined and/or imprisoned for up to two years.
This law targets a procedure known as dilation and evacuation (D and E), which is frequently used during second-trimester abortions. According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, an abortion using suction aspiration can be performed up to 14 weeks’ gestation, but after 14 weeks the D and E procedure must be used to perform an abortion. As such, dilation and evacuation bans, depending upon their language, may ban all surgical abortion past 14 weeks’ gestation. (Source.)
Related Legislation
Based on model legislation drafted by the National Right to Life Committee.
Similar to H.R. 3515/S. 3306, which failed to pass in the 2015/2016 legislative session.
People
Co-sponsor
- Jody Hice
- Jeff Duncan
- Blake Farenthold
- Tom Graves
- Pete Olson
- Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Keith Rothfus
- Trent Kelly
- Peter Roskam
- David Rouzer
- Robert Pittenger
- Brad Wenstrup
- Bob Gibbs
- Jim Banks
- Jim Bridenstine
- Bill Flores
- Alexander Mooney
- Todd Rokita
- Chris Stewart
- French Hill
- Tom Emmer
- Brian Babin
- Ted Yoho
- Roger Marshall
- Charles Fleischmann
- Jody Arrington
- Daniel Webster
- Randy Weber
- Richard Hudson
- Ken Buck
- Mike Bishop
- Rodney Davis
- Kristi Noem
- Jeb Hensarling
- Clay Higgins
- Stevan Pearce
- James Renacci
- Michael Burgess
- Thomas J. Rooney
- Andy Biggs
- Mike Johnson
- Ann Wagner
- Virginia Foxx
- Ralph W. Norman
- Glenn Grothman
- Doug Lamborn
- Vicky Hartzler
- Walter B. Jones
- Robert Aderholt
- Bill Huizenga
- Andy Harris
- Martha Roby
- Larry Bucshon
- Kevin Yoder
- Joe Wilson
- Steven M. Palazzo
- Bill Johnson
- Marsha Blackburn
- Sam Graves
- Trent Franks
- Barry Loudermilk
- Steve Russell
Primary Sponsor
Organizations
- National Right to Life Committee — Drafted Model Law
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