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Federal · 119th Congress
S3650Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Direction
Abortiontravel interstate shieldAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Creates federal criminal penalties 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, so less ability to travel for such abortions.
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 in which the minor resides, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Provides specific exceptions to the new federal transportation and notification offenses (life endangerment, judicial bypass documentation, certain abuse reports, compliance with home-state law, or parental accompaniment), so some continued access remains in those cases.
The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply if the abortion is necessary to save the life of the minor because her life is 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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Abortionprovider clinic regulationAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Imposes a new federal requirement that out-of-state physicians provide 24-hour actual or constructive notice to a parent before performing an abortion on a non-resident minor (with listed exceptions), so greater regulation of providers performing abortions on minors.
A physician who performs or induces an abortion on a minor who is a resident of a State other than the State in which the abortion is performed or induced shall provide, or cause his or her agent to provide, not less than 24 hours actual notice to a parent of the minor before performing or inducing the abortion.
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Introduced (completed)
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-01-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates two new federal crimes under title 18: one prohibiting transport of a minor across state lines to circumvent a home state's parental-involvement abortion law (with life, judicial-bypass, and incest-related provisions), and another requiring physicians to give 24-hour parental notice before performing abortions on out-of-state minors (with multiple exceptions). These provisions directly address interstate travel to obtain abortions and provider regulation tied to parental notification for minors; they do not address gestational limits, medication abortion, funding, personhood,