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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 142
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 24
(legislative day, January 3), 2013
Mr. Casey introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
A BILL
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for
abortions, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Hyde Amendment Codification
Act.
2.
Prohibiting Federally
funded abortions
Title 1 of
the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
chapter:
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Prohibiting
Federally funded abortions
301.
Prohibition on
funding for abortions
(a)
In
general
No funds authorized
or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to
which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended
for any abortion.
(b)
Health benefits
coverage
No funds authorized
or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to
which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended
for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
302.
Treatment of
abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the
mother
The limitations
established in sections 301 shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest; or
(2) in the case where
a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in
danger of death unless an abortion is
performed.
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