S. 119: Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-15 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Plain summary

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act This bill creates new federal crimes related to transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion. It makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor to another state to obtain an abortion without satisfying a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion. The bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion. Finally, it makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first complying with parental notification requirements.

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Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · 22 cosponsors

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Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), James E. Risch (R-ID), Josh Hawley (R-MO), James Lankford (R-OK), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Kennedy (R-LA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Thune (R-SD), Rand Paul (R-KY)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s119.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s119 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116