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To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider who knowingly performs an abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of development of 20 weeks or more after fertilization), to first: (1) inform the woman of the probable age of the child; (2) provide to the woman an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure (unless she waives receipt); (3) provide information that pain medicine administered to the mother may not prevent pain in the child, but in some cases anesthesia or pain-reducing drugs can be administered directly to the child; (4) give the woman the provider's best medical judgment of the risks and costs of such anesthesia or analgesic; and (5) obtain the woman's signature on the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Decision Form [...]

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Latest Actions
  • 08/03/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • 08/03/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.3442 Introduced in House08/31/2007