HR 1122 - Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill - National Key Vote
Roy Blunt voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Timeline
- Senate Veto Override Failed
- Sept. 18, 1998
- House Veto Override Passed
- July 23, 1998
- Executive Vetoed
- Oct. 10, 1997
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- Oct. 8, 1997
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 20, 1997
- House Bill Passed
- March 20, 1997
- Introduced
- March 19, 1997
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Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing a procedure, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
Highlights:
- Imposes fines or up to 2 years in prison for those who knowingly perform the procedure.
- Allows accused doctor to seek hearing before the State Medical Board.
- Allows woman's husband to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- Allow woman's parents, if the woman is under the age of 18, to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
- Prohibits prosecution of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.
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NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing a procedure, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
Highlights:
- Imposes fines or up to 2 years in prison for those who knowingly perform the procedure.
- Allows accused doctor to seek hearing before the State Medical Board.
- Allows woman's husband to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- Allow woman's parents, if the woman is under the age of 18, to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
- Prohibits prosecution of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.
More Info About this Vote
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing a procedure, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
Highlights:
- Imposes fines or up to 2 years in prison for those who knowingly perform the procedure.
- Allows accused doctor to seek hearing before the State Medical Board.
- Allows woman's husband to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- Allows woman's parents, if the woman is under the age of 18, to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
- Prohibits prosecution of women on whom the abortion is performed.
Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing a procedure, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
Highlights:
- Imposes fines or up to 2 years in prison for those who knowingly perform the procedure.
- Allows accused doctor to seek hearing before the State Medical Board.
- Allows woman's husband to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- Allows woman's parents, if the woman is under the age of 18, to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
- Prohibits prosecution of women on whom the abortion is performed.
Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing a procedure, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
Highlights:
- Imposes fines or up to 2 years in prison for those who knowingly perform the procedure.
- Allows woman's husband to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- Allows woman's parents, if the woman is under the age of 18, to seek damages from the doctor who performed the procedure through civil suit, unless the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
- Prohibits prosecution of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.
Title: Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill