Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 22, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider, before beginning any abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of development of 20 weeks after fertilization), to: (1) make a specified statement to the pregnant woman that Congress has determined that there is substantial evidence that the process will cause the unborn child pain, and that the mother has the option of having pain-reducing drugs administered directly to the child; (2) provide to the woman an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure (unless she waives receipt) and an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Decision Form; and (3) obtain on the form the woman's signature and her explicit request for or refusal of the administration of drugs to the child.
Creates an exception for certified medical emergencies.
Establishes penalties for willfully failing to comply with this Act, including civil penalties, medical license suspension, or both. Authorizes: (1) specified officials to bring suit in federal court; and (2) private rights of action by a parent or guardian of a woman who is an unemancipated minor.
Requires each state and state medical licensing authority to promulgate procedures for the revocation or suspension of a provider's license upon a court finding that the provider has violated this Act. Subjects a state that fails to implement such procedures to loss of Medicaid funding.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2007 to Mar 12, 2008; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S842-843)
- Jan 22, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S842 | Sam Brownback R-KS | Jan 22, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3442 | Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Anesthetics
- Civil actions and liability
- Communication in medicine
- Damages
- Electronic government information
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Federal preemption
- Fetus
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publications
- Health
- Health education
- Informed consent (Medical law)
- Internet
- Law
- Licenses
- Medicaid
- Medical associations
- Medical records
- Pain
- Physicians
- Pregnant women
- Punitive damages
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Web sites
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced in Senate
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