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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3378 

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 

deceptive advertising of abortion services. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. DAVIS of 

California, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LEE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules 

prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Deceptive Adver5 tising for Women’s Services Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING OF 

2 ABORTION SERVICES. 

3 (a) CONDUCT PROHIBITED.—Not later than 180 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 

5 Trade Commission shall, in accordance with section 553 

6 of title 5, United States Code, promulgate rules to pro7 hibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, any per8 son from advertising with the intent to deceptively create 

9 the impression that— 

10 (1) such person is a provider of abortion serv11 ices if such person does not provide abortion serv12 ices; and 

13 (2) such person is not a provider of abortion 

14 services if such person does provide abortion serv15 ices. 

16 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—A violation of a rule promul17 gated under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation 

18 of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice 

19 under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commis20 sion Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). The Commission shall 

21 enforce such rules in the same manner, by the same 

22 means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties 

23 as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Fed24 eral Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and 

25 made a part of this Act. Any person who violates this Act 

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1 leges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Com2 mission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 

3 (c) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—The Federal 

4 Trade Commission shall enforce this Act with respect to 

5 an organization that is not organized to carry on business 

6 for its own profit or that of its members as if such organi7 zation were a person over which the Commission has au8 thority pursuant to section 5(a)(2) of the Federal Trade 

9 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)). 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

11 For purposes of the rules prescribed under section 

12 2, the following definitions apply: 

13 (1) ADVERTISE.—The term ‘‘advertise’’ means 

14 offering of goods or services to the public, regardless 

15 of whether such goods or services are offered for 

16 payment or result in a profit. 

17 (2) ABORTION SERVICES.—The term ‘‘abortion 

18 services’’ means providing surgical and non-surgical 

19 procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or providing 

20 referrals for such procedures. 

21 (3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 

22 meaning given such term in section 551(2) of title 

23 5, United States Code. 

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