,,ii #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #iei ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,march #bc1 #bjbc,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 and ,mr4 ,hawley7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,justice for ,victims of ,trafficking ,act of #bjae to require abortion providers to notify the ,national ,human ,trafficking ,hotline of victims of trafficking1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,stopping ,traffickers and ,their ,accomplices ,act of #bjbc4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,slavery and involuntary servitude are incompatible with the society and law of the ,united ,states4 7#b7 ,the #acth ,amendment to the ,constitution of the ,united ,states abolished legal slavery and involuntary servitude in the ,united ,states4 7#c7 ,despite slavery being abolished in #ahfe1 modern forms of slavery still exist throughout the ,united ,states4 7#d7 ,every year1 hundreds of thousands of people of the ,united ,states and immigrants are coerced into commercial sex acts against their will4 7#e7 ,in addition to sexual exploitation1 victims of trafficking suffer repeated physical1 mental1 and emotional abuse at the hands of their traffickers4 7#f7 ,abortion providers and facilities aid sex traffickers by turning a blind eye to the plight of abused women4 7#g7 ,the ,department of ,state's #bjag ,trafficking in ,persons ,report indicated that sex traffickers coerce women into receiving abortions against their will4 7#h7 ,research conducted by ,laura ,j4 ,lederer and ,christopher ,a4 ,wetzel entitled ,the ,health ,consequences of ,sex ,trafficking and ,their ,implications for ,identifying ,victims in ,healthcare ,facilities and published in the ,annals of ,health ,law ,journal indicated that #ga percent of women coerced into commercial sex acts reported at least #a pregnancy1 and #ba percent reported #e or more pregnancies while being trafficked4 7#i7 ,lederer and ,wetzel's research found that almost a third of trafficked women reported undergoing numerous abortions as victims of trafficking4 ,more than half of respondents answered that their abortion while a victim of sex trafficking was a result of coercion4 ,one victim of sex trafficking recounted1 in most of my #f abortions1 ,i was under serious pressure from my pimps to abort the babies4 7#aj7 ,a moral obligation exists to report suspected instances of sex trafficking to authorities4 7#aa7 ,section #b of the #acth ,amendment to the ,constitution of the ,united ,states empowers ,congress to enact appropriate legislation to combat all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude1 including forced sex trafficking4 #c4 ,combat human trafficking ,section #aad of the ,justice for ,victims of ,trafficking ,act of #bjae 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #bjgji7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7g7 ,national human trafficking hotline notification by abortion providers 7#a7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7 ,abortion provider ,the term abortion provider means a person who performs an abortion1 including by providing to a pregnant woman a drug that induces abortion4 7,b7 ,victim of trafficking ,the term victim of trafficking has the meaning given the term in section #ajc of the ,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb74 7#b7 ,requirement 7,a7 ,notification to ,national ,human ,trafficking ,hotline ,not later than #bd hours after consulting with a patient1 an abortion provider shall notify the ,national ,human ,trafficking ,hotline if the provider has a reasonable suspicion that the patient is a victim of trafficking4 7,b7 ,report to attorney general and local law enforcement 7i7 ,notification to ,attorney ,general ,not later than #bd hours after an abortion provider notifies the national human trafficking hotline under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services shall notify the ,attorney ,general of the notification4 7ii7 ,notification to law enforcement agencies ,not later than #bd hours after receipt of a notification from the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services under clause 7i71 the ,attorney ,general shall notify the appropriate ,state and local law enforcement agencies4 7,c7 ,penalty ,an abortion provider who violates subparagraph 7,a7 shall be fined #aj1jjj for each violation1 imprisoned not more than #f months1 or both4 7#c7 ,training 7,a7 ,availability ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services shall make available to abortion providers the training entitled ,foundational 7#aja7 ,human ,trafficking ,trainings--,,soar ,for ,health ,care 7or any substantially similar successor training74 7,b7 ,requirement ,on an annual basis and not later than ,january #cj of each year1 each abortion provider shall-- 7i7 require each employee of the abortion provider to complete the training provided under subparagraph 7,a72 7ii7 submit to the ,director of the ,office on ,trafficking in ,persons of the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services a certification of the completion of the training required under clause 7i72 and 7iii7 include in the certification required under clause 7ii7 the protocols that the abortion provider has in place to identify and assist victims of trafficking4 7,c7 ,penalty ,an abortion provider who fails to comply with subparagraph 7,b7 shall be subject to a fine in an amount of #a1jjj for each day of noncompliance4 7#d7 ,state enforcement 7,a7 ,in general ,in any case in which the attorney general of a ,state has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of the ,state has been or is threatened or adversely affected by an action of an abortion provider that violates this subsection1 the attorney general of the ,state may1 as parens patriae1 bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the ,state in an appropriate district court of the ,united ,states4 7,b7 ,jurisdiction ,the attorney general of a ,state may bring a civil action under subparagraph 7,a7 against any abortion provider that violates paragraph 7#b77;,a7 or 7#c77;,b7 within that ,state4 7,c7 ,relief ,in a civil action under subparagraph 7,a71 the court may fine an abortion provider-- 7i7 in the case of a violation of paragraph 7#b77;,a71 #aj1jjj for each violation2 and 7ii7 in the case of a violation of paragraph 7#c77;,b71 #a1jjj for each day during which the abortion provider is in violation of that paragraph4 7#e7 ,rules of construction 7,a7 ,no requirement for victims of trafficking to self-report ,nothing in this subsection may be construed to require a victim of trafficking to self-report4 7,b7 ,no right to abortion ,nothing in this subsection may be construed to provide a right to an abortion4 4