S 3 · 108th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 108-105.(2003-11-05)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 2003-10-21
Roll #402 ↗Yea 64Nay 34
PassedSenate · 2003-10-21
Roll #402 ↗Yea 64Nay 34
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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 whose life 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 Stat…
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Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans