State Legislation
HB 3027: Amends School Code to dilute abstinence education
With the failure to pass SB 1619 in 2011, the bill sponsor amended another education bill (HB 3027) to become a similar and equally dangerous sex education bill. The State Senate passed HB 3027 with Senate Amendment 1 and sent it back to the House. Click HERE to send an email or a fax to your state representative.
HB 3027 should have died with the adjournment of the legislative session, but it was brought back for consideration by the House in 2012, so state reps need to be informed that they should oppose this dangerous bill. Focus on HB 3027 when you call.
Additionally, an equivalent bill (HB 4616) was introduced in 2012. Either HB 3027 or HB 4616 would amend the Illinois school code to remove most requirements to teach about abstinence until marriage from the section on "sex education" and instead require use of graphic "comprehensive" sex education. HB 4616 was sent to the Human Services Committee where it was not considered so it was returned to the Rules Committee so it should be dead.
HB 4085 (Ultrasound Opportunity Act)
Requires offering an opportunity to view an ultrasound of the baby before an abortion. Get details for HB 4085. Take action. (Dead for 2012)
HB 4117 (Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act)
Expands the medical regulations that apply to abortion facilities, both ASTCs and any facility where 50 or more abortions are performed annually. Get details for HB 4117. Take action. (Dead for 2012)
Federal Legislation
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) (ban on sex-selection abortions)
Bill # S.3290
Original Sponsor:
David Vitter (R-LA)
Cosponsor Total: 33
(last sponsor added 07/23/2012)
33 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (or PRENDA, pronounced PREN-dah), S. 3290, would apply federal criminal penalties to any person who does any of the following four things: (1) performs an abortion knowing that such abortion is sought based on the sex of the child; (2) uses force or the threat of force to intentionally injure or intimidate any person for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection abortion; (3) solicits or accepts funds for the performance of a sex-selection abortion; or (4) transports a woman into the United States or across a State line for the purpose of obtaining a sex-selection abortion. The bill provides that a woman cannot be prosecuted or sued in connection with her own abortion.
Respect for Rights of Conscience Act
Bill # S.1467
Original Sponsor:
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Cosponsor Total: 38
(last sponsor added 02/14/2012)
37 Republicans
1 Democrats
About This Legislation:
The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (S. 1467), introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), would amend the Obama health care law ("ObamaCare") to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance. Specifically, the bill would exempt institutions or individuals from providing health coverage for any specific services that violate their religious or moral convictions, even if those specific services are otherwise mandated by federal regulatory mandates. This protection would apply, among other things, to any mandates involving abortion or abortion-inducing drugs. However, the bill does not authorize denial of health benefits to "individuals against their wishes on the basis of the individuals' age or expected length of life or of the individuals' present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, or quality of life." The House companion bill is H.R. 1179.
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)
Bill # S.1241
Original Sponsor:
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Cosponsor Total: 33
(last sponsor added 01/23/2012)
33 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.), requires any abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor who is a resident of another state, unless the minor has already received authorization from a court in her home state, or unless the abortionist is already required to provide such parental notification by a current law in the state in which he practices. If the minor asserts that she is the victim of abuse, the abortionist must notify the appropriate state child abuse agency instead. The bill also would make it a federal offense to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion without fulfilling the requirements of a parental notification law in effect in the home state.
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Bill # S.906
Original Sponsor:
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Cosponsor Total: 37
(last sponsor added 07/13/2011)
37 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S. 906), is sponsored by Senator Roger Wicker (R-Ms.). This bill is identical to H.R. 3, which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 4, 2011, by a vote of 251-175. The bill would establish a permanent, government-wide prohibition on federal subsidies for abortion and for health plans that cover abortion (with narrow exceptions). This policy would apply both to longstanding federal programs and to the new programs created by the health care bill signed by President Obama in 2010. The bill also would close certain loopholes that give tax-preferred status to abortion, and would codify and strengthen conscience protections for pro-life health care providers.
Protect Life Act
Bill # S.877
Original Sponsor:
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Cosponsor Total: 35
(last sponsor added 11/09/2011)
35 Republicans
About This Legislation:
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law a massive health care restructuring bill (Public Law 111-148, sometimes called "Obamacare") that allowed certain federal agencies to subsidize and administer health plans that cover abortion on demand, and authorized federal subsidies for abortion in various other federal programs as well. The Protect Life Act (H.R. 358), introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), is an NRLC-backed bill that would repeal and/or correct all of the pro-abortion components of Public Law 111-148. The Protect Life Act is modeled on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which pro-life forces tried to attach to the health care bill during 2009-2010, but which President Obama and congressional Democratic leaders prevented from becoming part of the final, enacted health care law.
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
Bill # S.314
Original Sponsor:
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Cosponsor Total: 18
(last sponsor added 02/10/2011)
18 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act is sponsored by Senator Mike Johanns (R-Ne.). This bill would require every abortionist to provide, whenever a woman seeks an abortion past 20 weeks after fertilization, specified information about the capacity of her unborn child to experience pain during the abortion, after which the woman must either accept or refuse (by signing a form) the administration of pain-reducing drugs directly to the unborn child. The bill would apply to all abortions past 20 weeks, regardless of the method used. The bill also contains a number of proposed congressional "findings" regarding the scientific evidence that unborn children experience great pain during abortions at 20 weeks (and perhaps earlier), and cites a number of existing federal laws that seek to diminish the suffering even of animals, such as restrictions on how livestock are slaughtered and restrictions on the use of animals in medical research.
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA)
Bill # S.165
Original Sponsor:
David Vitter (R-LA)
Cosponsor Total: 13
(last sponsor added 02/06/2012)
11 Republicans
2 Democrats
About This Legislation:
The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA), sponsored by Senator David Vitter (R-La.), would prohibit health care providers from being penalized for declining to participate in providing abortions. The bill would cover individual health care professionals, hospitals, insurers, and other health care providers.
HB 3027: Amends School Code to dilute abstinence education
With the failure to pass SB 1619 in 2011, the bill sponsor amended another education bill (HB 3027) to become a similar and equally dangerous sex education bill. The State Senate passed HB 3027 with Senate Amendment 1 and sent it back to the House. Click HERE to send an email or a fax to your state representative.
HB 3027 should have died with the adjournment of the legislative session, but it was brought back for consideration by the House in 2012, so state reps need to be informed that they should oppose this dangerous bill. Focus on HB 3027 when you call.
Additionally, an equivalent bill (HB 4616) was introduced in 2012. Either HB 3027 or HB 4616 would amend the Illinois school code to remove most requirements to teach about abstinence until marriage from the section on "sex education" and instead require use of graphic "comprehensive" sex education. HB 4616 was sent to the Human Services Committee where it was not considered so it was returned to the Rules Committee so it should be dead.
HB 4085 (Ultrasound Opportunity Act)
Requires offering an opportunity to view an ultrasound of the baby before an abortion. Get details for HB 4085. Take action. (Dead for 2012)
HB 4117 (Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act)
Expands the medical regulations that apply to abortion facilities, both ASTCs and any facility where 50 or more abortions are performed annually. Get details for HB 4117. Take action. (Dead for 2012)
Federal Legislation
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) (ban on sex-selection abortions)
Bill # S.3290
Original Sponsor:
David Vitter (R-LA)
Cosponsor Total: 33
(last sponsor added 07/23/2012)
33 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (or PRENDA, pronounced PREN-dah), S. 3290, would apply federal criminal penalties to any person who does any of the following four things: (1) performs an abortion knowing that such abortion is sought based on the sex of the child; (2) uses force or the threat of force to intentionally injure or intimidate any person for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection abortion; (3) solicits or accepts funds for the performance of a sex-selection abortion; or (4) transports a woman into the United States or across a State line for the purpose of obtaining a sex-selection abortion. The bill provides that a woman cannot be prosecuted or sued in connection with her own abortion.
Respect for Rights of Conscience Act
Bill # S.1467
Original Sponsor:
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Cosponsor Total: 38
(last sponsor added 02/14/2012)
37 Republicans
1 Democrats
About This Legislation:
The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (S. 1467), introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), would amend the Obama health care law ("ObamaCare") to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance. Specifically, the bill would exempt institutions or individuals from providing health coverage for any specific services that violate their religious or moral convictions, even if those specific services are otherwise mandated by federal regulatory mandates. This protection would apply, among other things, to any mandates involving abortion or abortion-inducing drugs. However, the bill does not authorize denial of health benefits to "individuals against their wishes on the basis of the individuals' age or expected length of life or of the individuals' present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, or quality of life." The House companion bill is H.R. 1179.
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)
Bill # S.1241
Original Sponsor:
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Cosponsor Total: 33
(last sponsor added 01/23/2012)
33 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA), sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.), requires any abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor who is a resident of another state, unless the minor has already received authorization from a court in her home state, or unless the abortionist is already required to provide such parental notification by a current law in the state in which he practices. If the minor asserts that she is the victim of abuse, the abortionist must notify the appropriate state child abuse agency instead. The bill also would make it a federal offense to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion without fulfilling the requirements of a parental notification law in effect in the home state.
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Bill # S.906
Original Sponsor:
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Cosponsor Total: 37
(last sponsor added 07/13/2011)
37 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S. 906), is sponsored by Senator Roger Wicker (R-Ms.). This bill is identical to H.R. 3, which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 4, 2011, by a vote of 251-175. The bill would establish a permanent, government-wide prohibition on federal subsidies for abortion and for health plans that cover abortion (with narrow exceptions). This policy would apply both to longstanding federal programs and to the new programs created by the health care bill signed by President Obama in 2010. The bill also would close certain loopholes that give tax-preferred status to abortion, and would codify and strengthen conscience protections for pro-life health care providers.
Protect Life Act
Bill # S.877
Original Sponsor:
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Cosponsor Total: 35
(last sponsor added 11/09/2011)
35 Republicans
About This Legislation:
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law a massive health care restructuring bill (Public Law 111-148, sometimes called "Obamacare") that allowed certain federal agencies to subsidize and administer health plans that cover abortion on demand, and authorized federal subsidies for abortion in various other federal programs as well. The Protect Life Act (H.R. 358), introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), is an NRLC-backed bill that would repeal and/or correct all of the pro-abortion components of Public Law 111-148. The Protect Life Act is modeled on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which pro-life forces tried to attach to the health care bill during 2009-2010, but which President Obama and congressional Democratic leaders prevented from becoming part of the final, enacted health care law.
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
Bill # S.314
Original Sponsor:
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Cosponsor Total: 18
(last sponsor added 02/10/2011)
18 Republicans
About This Legislation:
The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act is sponsored by Senator Mike Johanns (R-Ne.). This bill would require every abortionist to provide, whenever a woman seeks an abortion past 20 weeks after fertilization, specified information about the capacity of her unborn child to experience pain during the abortion, after which the woman must either accept or refuse (by signing a form) the administration of pain-reducing drugs directly to the unborn child. The bill would apply to all abortions past 20 weeks, regardless of the method used. The bill also contains a number of proposed congressional "findings" regarding the scientific evidence that unborn children experience great pain during abortions at 20 weeks (and perhaps earlier), and cites a number of existing federal laws that seek to diminish the suffering even of animals, such as restrictions on how livestock are slaughtered and restrictions on the use of animals in medical research.
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA)
Bill # S.165
Original Sponsor:
David Vitter (R-LA)
Cosponsor Total: 13
(last sponsor added 02/06/2012)
11 Republicans
2 Democrats
About This Legislation:
The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA), sponsored by Senator David Vitter (R-La.), would prohibit health care providers from being penalized for declining to participate in providing abortions. The bill would cover individual health care professionals, hospitals, insurers, and other health care providers.
