Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education FY18; State and Foreign Operations Appropriations FY18; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill FY18; Homeland Security Appropriations FY18; Agriculture Appropriations FY18; H.R. 7 and S. 184 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015; H.R. 1628 American Health Care Act / Better Care Reconciliation Act; H.R. 1203 Safe RESEARCH Act; H.R. 1895 Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2017; H.R. 36, S. 1922 The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 4712, S. 220, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; H.R. 4660 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA); S. Res. 15 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Mexico City policy should be permanently established; H.R. 644 and S. 301 Conscience Protection Act; H.R. 1318 Preventing Maternal Deaths Act; H.R. 3354 Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018; S. 1771 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; H.R. 4131, No Abortion Bonds Act; H.R. 3922, The CHAMPION ACT; S. 1899 Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017; H.R. Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2017; H.R. 1, reconciliation of titles II and V for budget fiscal year 2018; H.R. 1370, amend Homeland Security Act of 2002; H.J. Res 123, fiscal year 2018 appropriations; Alexander-Murray Cost Sharing Reductions Healthcare Payments (no number); Mexico City and UNFPA; Bioethics - embryos, fetal tissue; Conscience Protections; Abortion Funding; Funding for Abortion Providers; Abortion Drugs; Title X Program

Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

For activity pertaining to abortion-related components of reconciliation legislation, see BUD (Budget/Appropriations) page. For activity pertaining to other health-care reform ("Obamacare replacement") legislation, see HCR (Health Issues) page. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36, S. 1922), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age including a letter to the House dated September 27, 2017 (the House passed the measure on October 3, 2017). Contacts in support of the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 1192, Smith), to prohibit a physician from knowingly performing a dismemberment abortion. Contacts in support of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act or PRENDA (H.R.147/H.R.4660), to prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 37, H.R. 4712, S. 220), to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Contacts in support of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 184), including letter to House dated January 19, 2017, to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 24, 2017). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R.692, S. 224), 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 Conscience Protection Act (H.R. 644, S. 301), to enhance federal remedies for health-care providers who face government-based discrimination for non-participation in abortion. Contacts regarding Defund Planned Parenthood Act (H.R.853) to prohibit federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Defund Planned Parenthood Act (H.R. 354, S.241), to deny for one year the availability of federal funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates or clinics that provide elective abortion. Activity on budget reconciliation bill pertaining to Planned Parenthood reported on BUD (Budget/Appropriations) page. Contacts in support of Women's Public Health and Safety Act (H.R. 656), to allow a state to exclude certain abortion providers from participation in the state's Medicaid program. Consultations regarding various bills intended to tighten federal limitations on trafficking in tissue from induced abortions (including H.R. 524, H.R. 1203, H.R. 1895, and other draft bills not introduced); no specific legislation endorsed during this quarter. Contacts in support of The Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act (H.R. 718), to make it a federal crime to dispose of non-cremated "fetal remains" (from abortions) in a landfill or navigable waterway. Contacts in support of the Every Child is a Blessing Act (H.R. 684), to eliminate wrongful birth and wrongful life" lawsuits, when they arise under federal law or from claims involving health care services affecting interstate or foreign commerce. Contacts in response to inquiries regarding the Heartbeat Bill (H.R. 490) to prohibit abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detectable; no position taken this quarter. Contacts expressing support for addition of language to prevent subsidies for abortion and other pro-life components in proposed legislation to revise laws dealing with health benefits for Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 2259 and S. 2286). Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 1322, S. 510), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 771), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in support of the Patients First Act (H.R. 2918) to require the federal National Institutes of Health to intensify research on types of stem-cell research that do not involve harming human embryos. Responses to inquiries regarding "Life at Conception Act" (H.R. 681, S. 231); nonsupport due to lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 36 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Prohibits late-term elective abortions on unborn babies after 20 weeks post-fertilization, since at this age they can feel pain. S. 1922 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Prohibits late-term elective abortions on unborn babies after 20 weeks post-fertilization, since at this age they can feel pain. H.R. 3354 Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018:Conscience protections and abortion funding restrictions. H.R. 4712 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Provides protections for born-alive babies. S. 220 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Provides protections for born-alive babies.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE