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Bill Sponsorship: PRENDA: Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act
Source: H.R.3541
Congressional Summary: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011: Imposes criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly or knowingly attempts to:- perform an abortion that is sought based on the sex, gender, color or race of the child, or the race of a parent;
- use the threat of force to intimidate any person for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection or race-selection abortion;
- solicit or accept funds for the performance of such an abortion; or
- transport a woman across a state line for the purpose of obtaining such an abortion.
Deems a violation of this Act to be prohibited discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Violators lose federal funding.) Sponsor's Letter (Rep. Trent Franks):PRENDA restricts sex-selection abortion and race-selection abortion, and the coercion of a woman to obtain either.
The woman seeking an abortion is exempted from prosecution, while abortion providers are held to account. Opponents' Opinion (Erin Gloria Ryan on jezebel.com):Rep. Franks, a white man, has claimed that his desire to disallow "race-selective abortions" is based on his concern that the black community is having so many abortions. He doesn't say how, exactly, doctors are supposed to determine that a black woman seeking an abortion is doing so because her fetus would be black or whether she's just doing it because she doesn't want to be pregnant. Let's be honest here: this isn't really about saving girls and minorities; it's about eventually making abortion illegal. A sex-selection ban would present the Supreme Court with a dilemma: it dares the pro-abortion justices to embrace an abortion right to kill girls for being girls.
Updated to include 2017 version, H.R.147
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 1.
Question 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Abortion
- Headline: Sponsored banning abortions for sex selection or race selection
(Score: -1)
- Headline 2: Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection
(Score: -2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Republicans
participating in 11-H3541 |
| Robert Aderholt |
s2o | Alabama Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Todd Akin |
s2o | Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012) | |
| Rodney Alexander |
s2o | Louisiana Republican (resigned 2014) | |
| Brian Babin |
s2o | Texas Republican House Member | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Michele Bachmann |
s2o | Minnesota Republican (retiring 2014) | |
| Jim Banks |
s2o | Indiana Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Roscoe Bartlett |
s2o | Maryland Republican | |
| Gus Bilirakis |
s2o | Florida Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Rob Bishop |
s2o | Utah Republican | |
| Diane Black |
s2o | Tennessee Republican | |
| Marsha Blackburn |
s2o | Tennessee Republican | |
| Kevin Brady |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Jim Bridenstine |
s2o | Oklahoma Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Paul Broun |
s2o | GA Republican Challenger | |
| Dan Burton |
s2o | Indiana Republican (Retiring 2012) | |
| Bradley Byrne |
s2o | Alabama Republican Nominee | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Quico Canseco |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| John Carter |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Steve Chabot |
s2o | Ohio Republican | |
| Tom Cole |
s2o | Oklahoma Republican | |
| Doug Collins |
s2o | Georgia Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Mike Conaway |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Kevin Cramer |
s2o | North Dakota Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Chip Cravaack |
s2o | Minnesota Republican | |
| Rick Crawford |
s2o | Arkansas Republican | |
| Sean Duffy |
s2o | Wisconsin Republican | |
| Jeff Duncan |
s2o | South Carolina Republican | |
| Jimmy Duncan |
s2o | Tennessee Republican | |
| Renee Ellmers |
s2o | North Carolina Republican | |
| Tom Emmer |
s2o | Minnesota Republican House Member | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Blake Farenthold |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| John Fleming |
s2o | LA Republican Senate candidate | |
| Bill Flores |
s2o | Texas Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Randy Forbes |
s2o | Virginia Republican | |
| Jeff Fortenberry |
s2o | Nebraska Republican | |
| Trent Franks |
s1p | Arizona Republican | |
| Scott Garrett |
s2o | New Jersey Republican | |
| Bob Gibbs |
s2o | Ohio Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Louie Gohmert |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Paul Gosar |
s2o | Arizona Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Trey Gowdy |
s2o | South Carolina Republican | |
| Tom Graves |
s2o | Georgia Republican | |
| Glenn Grothman |
s2o | Wisconsin Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Andy Harris |
s2o | Maryland Republican | |
| Wally Herger |
s2o | California Republican (Retiring 2012) | |
| Jody Hice |
s2o | Georgia Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Tim Huelskamp |
s2o | Kansas Republican | |
| Bill Huizenga |
s2o | Michigan Republican | |
| Randy Hultgren |
s2o | Illinois Republican | |
| Bill Johnson |
s2o | Ohio Republican | |
| Sam Johnson |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Walter Beaman Jones |
s2o | North Carolina Republican | |
| Jim Jordan |
s2o | Ohio Republican | |
| Mike Kelly |
s2o | Pennsylvania Republican | |
| Trent Kelly |
s2o | Mississippi Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Steve King |
s2o | Iowa Republican | |
| Jack Kingston |
s2o | GA Republican Challenger | |
| Adam Kinzinger |
s2o | Illinois Republican | |
| Doug Lamborn |
s2o | Colorado Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| James Lankford |
s2o | OK Republican Senate challenger | |
| Bob Latta |
s2o | Ohio Republican | |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer |
s2o | Missouri Republican | |
| Cynthia Lummis |
s2o | Wyoming Republican | |
| Donald Manzullo |
s2o | Illinois Republican (Lost 2012 Primary) | |
| Kenny Marchant |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Michael McCaul |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Thad McCotter |
s2o | Michigan Republican | |
| Patrick McHenry |
s2o | North Carolina Republican | |
| Luke Messer |
s2o | Indiana Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Jeff Miller |
s2o | Florida Republican | |
| John Moolenaar |
s2o | Michigan Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Alex Mooney |
s2o | West Virginia Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Markwayne Mullin |
s2o | Oklahoma Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Randy Neugebauer |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Alan Nunnelee |
s2o | Mississippi Republican (deceased 2015) | |
| Pete Olson |
s2o | Texas Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Steven Palazzo |
s2o | Mississippi Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Gary Palmer |
s2o | Alabama Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Mike Pence |
s2o | IN Republican nominee for Vice President | |
| Ted Poe |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Bill Posey |
s2o | Florida Republican | |
| Martha Roby |
s2o | Alabama Republican | |
| Phil Roe |
s2o | Tennessee Republican | |
| Todd Rokita |
s2o | Indiana Republican | |
| Peter Roskam |
s2o | Illinois Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Dennis Ross |
s2o | Florida Republican | |
| Keith Rothfus |
s2o | Pennsylvania Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| David Rouzer |
s2o | North Carolina Republican House Member | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Steve Scalise |
s2o | LA Republican challenger | |
| Jean Schmidt |
s2o | Ohio Republican (Lost 2012 Primary) | |
| Austin Scott |
s2o | Georgia Republican | |
| Christopher Smith |
s2o | New Jersey Republican | |
| Jason Smith |
s2o | Missouri Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Lamar Smith |
s2o | Texas Republican | |
| Chris Stewart |
s2o | Utah Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Marlin Stutzman |
s2o | IN Republican Senate candidate | |
| Ann Wagner |
s2o | Missouri Republican | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Tim Walberg |
s2o | Michigan Republican | |
| Lynn Westmoreland |
s2o | Georgia Republican | |
| Joe Wilson |
s2o | South Carolina Republican | |
| Kevin Yoder |
s2o | Kansas Republican | |
Independents
participating in 11-H3541 |
| Charles Boustany |
s2o | LA U.S. Rep and Republican Senate Challenger | |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
4
Republicans:
101
Independents:
1 |
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