H Amdt 27 - Violence Against Fetuses/Unborn Children Amendment - National Key Vote
Rob Portman voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
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Timeline
- House Amendment Rejected
- April 26, 2001
- Introduced
- April 26, 2001
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Title: Violence Against Fetuses/Unborn Children Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a substitute amendment that assigns additional punishment for violence committed against a pregnant woman that interrupts or terminates her pregnancy.
Highlights:
- Defines crime in terms of effect on woman's pregnancy, not in terms of effect on unborn child/fetus.
- Exempts legal abortions.
- Prescribes sentencing guideline of up to 20 years' imprisonment for acts that cause pre-natal injury.
- Prescribes sentencing guideline of up to life in prison for acts that cause termination of the pregnancy.
Title: Violence Against Fetuses/Unborn Children Amendment
More Info About this Vote
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.