Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Unborn Protection Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child based on the results of a laboratory developed prenatal test. The term laboratory developed prenatal test means a type of in vitro diagnostic test that is designed, developed, manufactured, validated, or performed within a single laboratory and is not cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration 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 such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7719/all-info
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25 sponsors: Michelle Fischbach (R); Jake Ellzey (R); Doug Lamborn (R); Doug LaMalfa (R); Randy Weber (R); Brian Babin (R); Richard Hudson (R); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R); Ralph Norman (R); Randy Feenstra (R); Glenn Grothman (R); Markwayne Mullin (R); Robert Latta (R); Steven Palazzo (R); Ken Buck (R); Barry Moore (R); David McKinley (R); Robert Good (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Ben Cline (R); Jim Banks (R); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R); Pete Stauber (R); Andy Biggs (R); Lisa McClain (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 11 2022 | Introduced in House |
| House | May 11 2022 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 20 2022 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill