Informed Consent Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8498 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8498 To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize any abortion or sterilization procedure performed without the informed consent of the person on whom such procedure is performed, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 1, 2020 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. Walorski, and Ms. Foxx of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize any abortion or sterilization procedure performed without the informed consent of the person on whom such procedure is performed, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Informed Consent Act''. SEC. 2. ABORTION AND STERILIZATION. (a) In General.--Chap…