Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014

HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 5551 - Heartbeat Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 5524/S 2687 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill S 2625 - Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S 2876 - A bill to establish a public education and awareness and access program relating to emergency contraception: entire bill

Client expense: $484,122 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Lobbying with regard to medical malpractice reform proposals generally, including issues relating to practice guidelines for providers and health courts.H.R. 1473/S. 1769 (Standard of Care Protection Act); to prevent certain Federal health care laws from establishing health care provider standards of care. H.R.4750 (Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014); To clarify the treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions. H.R. 4015 (SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014); specific interest in provision enacting "Rule of Construction Regarding Healthcare Provider Standards of Care," to prevent certain Federal health care laws from establishing health care provider standards of care. S.1685/H.R. 2957 (Behavioral Health Information Technology Act); to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and to limit the liability of such providers. H.R. 3717 (Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act); specific interest in provision enacting the "Behavioral Health Information Technology Act," to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health and substance abuse professionals and to limit the liability of such providers; and in provision limiting liability of volunteer health care providers. H.R. 4106 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); to provide for the development and dissemination of clinical practice guidelines and the establishment of a right of removal to Federal courts for defendants in medical malpractice actions involving a Federal payor, and for other purposes. H.R.4698,(Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014); prohibits recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions, and for other purposes. S. 2092/ H.R. 4288 (Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014); to provide certain protections from civil liability with respect to the emergency administration of opioid overdose drugs. H.R.2135 (Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2013); To amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators. General lobbying with regard to the liability of rental car companies.

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in opposition to the "Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act" (S. 2578/H.R. 5051), legislation which would further empower the Obama Administration to mandate that certain insurance plans cover abortion pills such as RU-486, surgical abortion (including late abortions), assisted suicide, or anything else the Administration chooses to classify as preventive services, overriding all existing federal laws that protect religious freedom and conscience rights; the Senate refused to invoke cloture to proceed to this legislation on July 16, 2014. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903); the Aderholt amendment was adopted in House Appropriations Committee, June 11, 2014, 29-18. Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment"), added to FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016) at House Appropriation Committee markup, June 25, 2014, 29-21. H.R. 5016 passed the House July 16, 2014, without challenge to this provision. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act (legislation to curb use of wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action), introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding possible offering of related provisions as amendment to H.R. 5016 (not offered). Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion, including testimony by National Right to Life president at hearing on S. 1696 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, July 15, 2014. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr. Contacts in support of "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" (H.R. 5551), legislation to require that if an abortionist performs an ultrasound, the pregnant woman is offered an opportunity to view the ultrasound.

S 1670, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698, Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 5285, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination. S. 2706, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698 Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill

H.R. 4698 Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014, "wrongful Birth" lawsuits and establishment of a civil cause of action

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. H.R. 7 (modified to include components (continued)of H.R. 3279) passed the House of Representatives on January 28, 2014, 227-188. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Consultations regarding draft language of legislation to curb "wrongful birth" and "wrongful life" causes of action, and contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act, introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr.

Lobbying with regard to medical malpractice reform proposals generally, including issues relating to practice guidelines for providers and health courts.H.R. 1473/S. 1769 (Standard of Care Protection Act); to prevent certain Federal health care laws from establishing health care provider standards of care. H.R.4750 (Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014); To clarify the treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions. H.R. 4015 (SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014); specific interest in provision enacting "Rule of Construction Regarding Healthcare Provider Standards of Care," to prevent certain Federal health care laws from establishing health care provider standards of care. S.1685/H.R. 2957 (Behavioral Health Information Technology Act); to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and to limit the liability of such providers. H.R. 3717 (Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act); specific interest in provision enacting the "Behavioral Health Information Technology Act," to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health and substance abuse professionals and to limit the liability of such providers; and in provision limiting liability of volunteer health care providers. H.R. 4106 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); to provide for the development and dissemination of clinical practice guidelines and the establishment of a right of removal to Federal courts for defendants in medical malpractice actions involving a Federal payor, and for other purposes. H.R.4698,(Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014); prohibits recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions, and for other purposes. S. 2092/ H.R. 4288 (Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014); to provide certain protections from civil liability with respect to the emergency administration of opioid overdose drugs. H.R. 332 (Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act); to provide victims of gun violence access to the same civil remedies as are available to those injured through other means. General lobbying with regard to the liability of rental car companies.

S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698 Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE