HR 760 · 108th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

Introduced 2003-02-13· Sponsored by Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]· House

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Enacted
Latest: Laid on the table. See S. 3 for further action.(2003-06-04)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2003-06-04
Roll #242
Yea 282Nay 139
Democrats
62 Yea·133 Nay
Republicans
220 Yea·5 Nay
PassedHouse · 2003-06-04
Roll #242
Yea 282Nay 139
Democrats
62 Yea·133 Nay
Republicans
220 Yea·5 Nay
FailedHouse · 2003-06-04
Roll #241
Yea 165Nay 256
Democrats
155 Yea·40 Nay
Republicans
9 Yea·216 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any physician or other individual from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion, except when necessary to save the life of a mother that is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury. Defines a "partial-birth abortion" as an abortion in which the person performing the abortion: (1) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the mother's body, or, in the case of a breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the mother's body; and (2) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus. Authorizes the father, if married to the mother at the time of the abortion, and the maternal grandparents of the fetus, if the mother is under 18 years of age, to obtain specified relief in a civil action, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion. Authorizes a defendant accused of an offense under this Act to seek a hearing before the State Medi…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

Mar 28, 2003

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2003</p>

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H.R. 760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

Mar 28, 2003

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2003

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans