,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hihe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjbd,mr4 
,ogles 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4  
,pence1 ,mr4 ,self1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mrs4  
,miller of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4
 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,steube1  
,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,mooney1  
and ,ms4 ,boebert7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for certain         
conditions on the enforcement of        
surrogacy contracts4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,preventing ,forced ,abortions ,act of  
#bjbd4  #b4 ,in general ,a ,federal     
court-- 7#a7 may not enforce any        
provision in a surrogacy contract that  
requires the surrogate mother to have an
 abortion at the request of any intended
 parent1 party to a surrogacy contract1 
or agent of any party to a surrogacy    
contract2 and  7#b7 shall enforce any   
clause requiring the payment of a       

surrogate mother of any compensation    
agreed to in a surrogacy contract1      
notwithstanding any provision that      
requires the surrogate mother to have an
 abortion at the request of any intended
 parent1 party to a surrogacy contract1 
or agent of any party to a surrogacy    
contract1 including any provision       
providing for-- 7,a7 liquidated damages 
based on a refusal to get an abortion2  
7,b7 reduction of payment based on a    
refusal to get an abortion2 or  7,c7    
otherwise requiring the surrogate mother
 to have an abortion at the request of  
any party or agent of any party to a    
surrogacy contract4  #c4 ,jurisdiction  
of the courts  7a7 ,in general ,chapter 
#he of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  #acgj4 ,surrogacy contracts 
,the district courts shall have original
 jurisdiction of all civil actions where
 the matter in controversy is a         
surrogacy contract 7as such term is     
defined in section #d of the ,preventing

 ,forced ,abortions ,act of #bjbd7 in or
 affecting interstate or foreign        
commerce4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment   
,the table of sections for such chapter 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #acgj4 ,surrogacy contracts4
  4  #d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3    
7#a7 ,the term intended parent means any
 individual who is a party to a         
surrogacy contract and who is the party 
who will take permanent custody of a    
child born pursuant to such contract4   
7#b7 ,the term surrogacy contract means 
an agreement setting forth the terms and
 conditions for the conception and birth
 of a child to a female with the intent 
of all parties being that such child    
shall immediately thereafter enter into 
the permanent custody of another        
individual4  7#c7 ,the term surrogate   
mother means a female who is a party to 
a surrogacy contract and who is the     
party who will bear the child pursuant  
to such contract4  7#d7 ,the term female
 means an individual who has1 had1 will 

have1 or would have1 but for a          
developmental or genetic anomaly or     
historical accident1 a reproductive     
system that at some point produces1     
transports1 and utilizes eggs for       
fertilization4  7#e7 ,the term abortion 
means the use or prescription of any    
instrument1 medicine1 drug1 or any other
 substance or device-- 7,a7 to          
intentionally kill the unborn child of a
 woman known to be pregnant2 or  7,b7 to
 intentionally terminate the pregnancy  
of a woman known to be pregnant1 with an
 intention other than-- 7i7 after       
viability to produce a live birth and   
preserve the life and health of the     
child born alive2 or  7ii7 to remove a  
dead unborn child4