PRENDA
Summary
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act or PRENDA This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of sex-selection abortions (i.e., abortions based on the sex or gender of an unborn child). It subjects a violator to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. A woman who undergoes a sex-selection abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Jan 28, 2021
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Committee
1
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
Ben Sasse
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
James M. Inhofe
RRepublican
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
Co
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Mike Braun
RRepublican
Co
Mike Rounds
RRepublican
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