H.R. 3803 — 112th Congress

District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Originated in the House · Introduced Jan 23, 2012 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

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Latest action

Jul 31, 2012

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 220 - 154, 2 Present (Roll no. 539).

CRS summary

As of Jul 31, 2012

Reported to House amended, Part I

District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion within the District of Columbia except in conformity with this Act's requirements.

Requires the physician to first make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child, or reasonably rely upon such a determination made by another physician, by making inquiries of the pregnant woman and performing such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician would consider necessary.

Prohibits the abortion from being performed if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater. Makes an exception where necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury, excluding psychological or emotional conditions. Permits a physician to terminate a pregnancy under such exception only in the manner which provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk of the death or substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman than would other available methods.

Prescribes penalties for violations. Bars prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed in violation of this Act, but authorizes such a woman or the father or maternal grandparent of the unborn child to obtain appropriate relief through a civil action. Provides for injunctive relief to prevent violations. Sets forth specified privacy protections in court proceedings for the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed.

Requires any physician who performs an abortion within the District to report it to the Department of Health of the District of Columbia, which shall issue annual public reports.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jul 31, 2012 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Failed (220–154)

81 of 431 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea220: 170 R · 8 D · 1 L

MemberPartyState
BARTLETT, Roscoe GardnerMD
BOREN, Daniel DavidOK
LEWIS, Charles JeremyCA
TURNER, Robert L.NY
QUAYLE, BenAZ
WEST, AllenFL
SHULER, HeathNC
BILBRAY, Brian P.CA
ADAMS, SandraFL
MANZULLO, Donald A.IL
BUERKLE, Ann MarieNY
SULLIVAN, JohnOK
BERG, RickND
CANSECO, FranciscoTX
KISSELL, LarryNC
SCHMIDT, JeanOH
YOUNG, Charles WilliamFL
CRAVAACK, ChipMN
CANTOR, EricVA
REHBERG, DennyMT
CRITZ, Mark S.PA
PLATTS, ToddPA
STEARNS, Clifford BundyFL
KILDEE, Dale EdwardMI
COSTELLO, Jerry FrancisIL
LANDRY, JeffLA
HOLDEN, Thomas TimothyPA
ROSS, Michael AveryAR
WALSH, JoeIL
ALTMIRE, JasonPA
EMERSON, Jo AnnMO
MYRICK, SueNC
LUNGREN, Daniel EdwardCA
BURTON, Danny LeeIN
RIVERA, DavidFL
DAVIS, Geoffrey C.KY
HERGER, Walter WilliamCA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.CA
SCHILLING, BobbyIL
AUSTRIA, SteveOH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah RobinsAL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Joe DonnellyDemocratIN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Justin AmashLibertarianMI
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Martha RobyRepublicanAL
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Mo BrooksRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordRepublicanAR
Steve WomackRepublicanAR
Tim GriffinRepublicanAR
David SchweikertRepublicanAZ
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
Paul A. GosarRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Jeff DenhamRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Cory GardnerRepublicanCO
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Scott R. TiptonRepublicanCO
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Daniel WebsterRepublicanFL
Dennis A. RossRepublicanFL
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Richard B. NugentRepublicanFL
Steve Southerland IIRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Rob WoodallRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
Adam KinzingerRepublicanIL
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Randy HultgrenRepublicanIL
Larry BucshonRepublicanIN
Marlin A. StutzmanRepublicanIN
Todd RokitaRepublicanIN
Kevin YoderRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Mike PompeoRepublicanKS
Tim HuelskampRepublicanKS
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Andy HarrisRepublicanMD
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Billy LongRepublicanMO
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Vicky HartzlerRepublicanMO
Alan NunneleeRepublicanMS
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Steven M. PalazzoRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Renee L. EllmersRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Frank C. GuintaRepublicanNH
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Jon RunyanRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Joseph J. HeckRepublicanNV
Mark E. AmodeiRepublicanNV
Christopher P. GibsonRepublicanNY
Michael G. GrimmRepublicanNY
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Tom ReedRepublicanNY
Bill JohnsonRepublicanOH
Bob GibbsRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Steve StiversRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
James LankfordRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Lou BarlettaRepublicanPA
Michael G. FitzpatrickRepublicanPA
Mike KellyRepublicanPA
Patrick MeehanRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Tom MarinoRepublicanPA
Jeff DuncanRepublicanSC
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Mick MulvaneyRepublicanSC
Tim ScottRepublicanSC
Charles J. "Chuck" FleischmannRepublicanTN
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
Diane BlackRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Stephen Lee FincherRepublicanTN
Bill FloresRepublicanTX
Blake FarentholdRepublicanTX
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
E. Scott RigellRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
H. Morgan GriffithRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert HurtRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Jaime Herrera BeutlerRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Reid J. RibbleRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
David B. McKinleyRepublicanWV
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

Nay154: 130 D · 2 R

MemberPartyState
CHANDLER, A. B.KY
WATT, Melvin L.NC
BERMAN, Howard LawrenceCA
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.CA
ROTHMAN, StevenNJ
REYES, SilvestreTX
CLARKE, HansenMI
RICHARDSON, LauraCA
BASS, Charles FosterNH
BIGGERT, Judy BorgIL
MILLER, BradNC
DREIER, David TimothyCA
HINCHEY, Maurice DunleaNY
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.CA
BACA, JoeCA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.IA
ACKERMAN, Gary LeonardNY
HOCHUL, Kathleen C.NY
ANDREWS, Robert ErnestNJ
BONO, MaryCA
OLVER, John WalterMA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.TX
Terri A. SewellDemocratAL
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Ron BarberDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Janice HahnDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Jim CostaDemocratCA
John GaramendiDemocratCA
Judy ChuDemocratCA
Karen BassDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Christopher MurphyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
John C. Carney Jr.DemocratDE
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
Frederica S. WilsonDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
Theodore E. DeutchDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
Colleen HanabusaDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Mike QuigleyDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
William R. KeatingDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
William L. OwensDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Suzanne BonamiciDemocratOR
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
David N. CicillineDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Robert J. DoldRepublicanIL
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA

Present2

MemberPartyState
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.OH
HAYWORTH, NanNY

Not Voting55: 23 R · 16 D

MemberPartyState
DICKS, Norman DeValoisWA
CARDOZA, Dennis A.CA
ALEXANDER, RodneyLA
AKIN, W. ToddMO
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.IL
JOHNSON, Timothy V.IL
FRANK, BarneyMA
KUCINICH, DennisOH
TOWNS, EdolphusNY
BERKLEY, ShelleyNV
PAUL, Ronald ErnestTX
MACK, Connie, IVFL
SUTTON, BettyOH
CARNAHAN, RussMO
FILNER, BobCA
PENCE, MikeIN
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Mazie K. HironoDemocratHI
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Cedric L. RichmondDemocratLA
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Martin HeinrichDemocratNM
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Austin ScottRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Tom GravesRepublicanGA
Raúl R. LabradorRepublicanID
Todd YoungRepublicanIN
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Bill HuizengaRepublicanMI
Dan BenishekRepublicanMI
Tim WalbergRepublicanMI
Richard L. HannaRepublicanNY
James B. RenacciRepublicanOH
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
Trey GowdyRepublicanSC
Kristi L. NoemRepublicanSD
Scott DesJarlaisRepublicanTN
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Sean P. DuffyRepublicanWI

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