HR4964 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Creates a federal crime for knowingly transporting a minor across state lines with intent to obtain an abortion that circumvents the minor's home state's parental involvement law, and imposes a 24-hour parental notification requirement on physicians performing abortions on out-of-state minors, so it

whoever knowingly transports a minor across a State line, with the intent that such minor obtain an abortion, and thereby in fact abridges the right of a parent under a law requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion decision, in force in the State where the minor resides, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Provides specific exceptions to the new federal transportation and notification offenses, including for abortions necessary to save the minor's life (with post-abortion parental notice in some cases), judicial bypass documentation, certain abuse reports, and accompaniment by a verified parent, so it

The prohibition of subsection (a) does not apply if the abortion was necessary to save the life of the minor because her life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 85%

Defines 'abortion' in two places as the use of any instrument, medicine, drug, or device to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant or to intentionally prematurely terminate the pregnancy with an intention other than increasing the probability of a live birth or to remove

the term `abortion' means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device-- (A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or (B) to intentionally prematurely terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or of preserving the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child;

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