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Partial Birth Abortion Is Murder Act

H.R. 7604 · 117th Congress · Apr 27, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced penalties for partial birth abortions.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Partial Birth Abortion Is Murder Act”.

Sec. 2 Increased penalty

Section 1531(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.” and inserting the following: “Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life (but in no event for not less than 5 years), may in addition be fined under this title, and shall not be eligible for supervised release.”.