
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Sep 14, 2019
This law is Anti–Choice
H.R. 634
Proposed
Jan 17, 2019
Co-sponsors: 18
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 19
H.R. 634 would require an abortion provider to perform an ultrasound on a pregnant person prior to the pregnant person giving informed consent for an abortion.
The bill would require the person who is to perform the abortion to:
The bill specifies that the pregnant person is not required to view the images, although the pregnant person would still hear the description.
The requirements of this bill would not apply to an abortion necessary to save the life of the pregnant person. If this occurs, the abortion provider would be required to certify the medical condition in the pregnant person’s medical file.
Penalties
An abortion provider who violates this provision would face a $100,000 fine for the first violation, and a $250,000 fine for each subsequent violation.
For each penalty, the Attorney General would notify the state medical licensing authority.
Related Legislation
Identical to H.R. 4844 (2018) and H.R. 492 (2015), both of which failed to pass.
Latest Action
1/17/19 – Introduced; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
1/25/19 – Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.