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National
Key Vote
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that criminalizes the transportation of pregnant minors across state lines with the intention of the minor obtaining an abortion, with certain exceptions.
Official Title of Legislation:
S 403: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Highlights:
-Makes it illegal, excluding the minor's parents, to knowingly transport a pregnant minor across state lines in order to obtain an abortion, as a way to escape state laws requiring parental consent (Sec. 2).
Establishes a fine and/or up to one year of imprisonment for anyone who violates this law (Sec. 2).
-Provides an exception to the law if the life of the minor is endangered (Sec. 2).
-Makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion after committing incest with a minor (Sec. 2).
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:s403:
Senate Passage: 07/25/2006 : Bill Passed: 65 - 34 (Record Vote Number 216) House Passage: 09/26/2006 : Bill Passed 264 - 153 (Roll no. 479)
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John (R-NV)
Cosponsors: Sen. Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
Sen. Allard, Wayne (R-CO) (out of office)
Sen. Allen, George Felix (R-VA) (out of office)
Sen. Bennett, Robert (R-UT)
Sen. Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)
Sen. Bunning, Jim (R-KY)
Sen. Burns, Conrad (R-MT) (out of office)
Sen. Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Sen. Chambliss, C. Saxby (R-GA)
Sen. Coburn, Thomas (R-OK)
Sen. Cochran, Thad (R-MS)
Sen. Coleman, Norm (R-MN) (out of office)
Sen. Cornyn, John (R-TX)
Sen. Craig, Larry (R-ID) (out of office)
Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC)
| Sen. DeWine, Michael (R-OH) (out of office)
Sen. Dole, Elizabeth (R-NC) (out of office)
Sen. Domenici, Pete (R-NM) (out of office)
Sen. Enzi, Michael (R-WY)
Sen. Frist, William (R-TN) (out of office)
Sen. Graham, Lindsey (R-SC)
Sen. Grassley, Charles (R-IA)
Sen. Hagel, Charles (R-NE) (out of office)
Sen. Hatch, Orrin (R-UT)
Sen. Hutchison, Kay (R-TX)
Sen. Inhofe, James (R-OK)
Sen. Isakson, John (R-GA)
Sen. Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)
Sen. Lott, Chester Sr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Sen. Martinez, Melquiades (R-FL) (out of office)
| Sen. McCain, John III (R-AZ)
Sen. McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
Sen. Nelson, E. Benjamin (D-NE)
Sen. Roberts, Pat (R-KS)
Sen. Santorum, Richard (R-PA) (out of office)
Sen. Sessions, Jefferson III (R-AL)
Sen. Shelby, Richard (R-AL)
Sen. Smith, Gordon (R-OR) (out of office)
Sen. Talent, James (R-MO) (out of office)
Sen. Thune, John (R-SD)
Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA)
Sen. Voinovich, George (R-OH)
Sen. Warner, John (R-VA) (out of office)
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