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S.928
Sponsor: Sen Santorum, Rick(introduced 4/29/1999)
Related Bills: S.1692
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.
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4/29/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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COSPONSORS(43), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Abraham, Spencer - 4/29/1999 Sen Allard, Wayne - 4/29/1999
Sen Ashcroft, John - 4/29/1999 Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 9/27/1999
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 4/29/1999 Sen Brownback, Sam - 4/29/1999
Sen Bunning, Jim - 4/29/1999 Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 4/29/1999
Sen Cochran, Thad - 4/29/1999 Sen Coverdell, Paul - 5/3/1999
Sen Craig, Larry E. - 4/29/1999 Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 4/29/1999
Sen DeWine, Michael - 4/29/1999 Sen Domenici, Pete V. - 4/29/1999
Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 4/29/1999 Sen Fitzgerald, Peter G. - 4/29/1999
Sen Frist, Bill - 4/29/1999 Sen Gorton, Slade - 4/29/1999
Sen Gramm, Phil - 4/29/1999 Sen Grams, Rod - 4/29/1999
Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 4/29/1999 Sen Hagel, Chuck - 4/29/1999
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 4/29/1999 Sen Helms, Jesse - 4/29/1999
Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 4/29/1999 Sen Inhofe, James M. - 4/29/1999
Sen Kyl, Jon - 4/29/1999 Sen Lott, Trent - 4/29/1999
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 4/29/1999 Sen Mack, Connie - 4/29/1999
Sen McCain, John - 4/29/1999 Sen McConnell, Mitch - 4/29/1999
Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 4/29/1999 Sen Nickles, Don - 4/29/1999
Sen Roberts, Pat - 4/29/1999 Sen Sessions, Jeff - 4/29/1999
Sen Shelby, Richard C. - 4/29/1999 Sen Smith, Bob - 4/29/1999
Sen Smith, Gordon - 4/29/1999 Sen Thomas, Craig - 4/29/1999
Sen Thurmond, Strom - 4/29/1999 Sen Voinovich, George V. - 4/29/1999
Sen Warner, John W. - 4/29/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/29/1999--Introduced.

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any physician from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, unless it is necessary to save the life of the mother. Prescribes penalties.

Defines a "partial birth abortion" as an abortion in which a person, deliberately and intentionally, partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.

Authorizes the father, if married to the mother at the time of the abortion, and the maternal grandparents of the fetus, if the mother is under 18 years of age, to obtain specified relief in a civil action, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.

Authorizes a defendant accused of an offense under this Act to seek a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the mother.

Prohibits the prosecution of a woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed for conspiracy to violate this Act or under provisions regarding punishment as a principal or an accessory or for concealment of a felony.