I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8459 
To amend the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 to require 
abortion providers to notify the National Human Trafficking Hotline 
of victims of trafficking, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2024 
Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BACON, 
Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GUEST, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MOON-
EY, Mr. PALMER, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, and Mr. ROSENDALE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
2015 to require abortion providers to notify the National 
Human Trafficking Hotline of victims of trafficking, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Traffickers 
and Their Accomplices Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Slavery and involuntary servitude are in-
compatible with the society and law of the United 
States. 
(2) The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States abolished legal slavery and invol-
untary servitude in the United States. 
(3) Despite slavery being abolished in 1865, 
modern forms of slavery still exist throughout the 
United States. 
(4) Every year, hundreds of thousands of peo-
ple of the United States and immigrants are coerced 
into commercial sex acts against their will. 
(5) In addition to sexual exploitation, victims of 
trafficking suffer repeated physical, mental, and 
emotional abuse at the hands of their traffickers. 
(6) Abortion providers and facilities aid sex 
traffickers by turning a blind eye to the plight of 
abused women. 
(7) The Department of State’s 2017 Traf-
ficking in Persons Report indicated that sex traf-
fickers coerce women into receiving abortions against 
their will. 
(8) Research conducted by Laura J. Lederer 
and Christopher A. Wetzel entitled ‘‘The Health 
Consequences of Sex Trafficking and Their Implica-
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tions for Identifying Victims in Healthcare Facili-
ties’’ and published in the Annals of Health Law 
Journal indicated that 71 percent of women coerced 
into commercial sex acts reported at least 1 preg-
nancy, and 21 percent reported 5 or more preg-
nancies while being trafficked. 
(9) Lederer and Wetzel’s research found that 
almost a third of trafficked women reported under-
going numerous abortions as victims of trafficking. 
More than half of respondents answered that their 
abortion while a victim of sex trafficking was a re-
sult of coercion. One victim of sex trafficking re-
counted, ‘‘[in most of my 6 abortions], I was under 
serious pressure from my pimps to abort the ba-
bies’’. 
(10) A moral obligation exists to report sus-
pected instances of sex trafficking to authorities. 
(11) Section 2 of the 13th Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States empowers Con-
gress to enact appropriate legislation to combat all 
forms of slavery and involuntary servitude, including 
forced sex trafficking. 
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SEC. 3. COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. 20709) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE NO-
TIFICATION BY ABORTION PROVIDERS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ABORTION
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘abortion provider’ means a person who per-
forms an abortion, including by providing to a 
pregnant woman a drug that induces abortion. 
‘‘(B) VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.—The term 
‘victim of trafficking’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION TO NATIONAL HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING
HOTLINE.—Not later than 24 
hours after consulting with a patient, an abor-
tion provider shall notify the National Human 
Trafficking Hotline if the provider has a rea-
sonable suspicion that the patient is a victim of 
trafficking. 
‘‘(B) REPORT
TO
ATTORNEY
GENERAL 
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.— 
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