I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 634 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across 
State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents 
in abortion decisions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2009 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, 
Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BROWN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CAO, 
Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COLE, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CRENSHAW, 
Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. 
MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. 
FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. GINGREY of 
Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GUTHRIE, 
Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 
HOEKSTRA, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. KING of New York, 
Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, 
Mr. LINDER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MICA, Mrs. 
MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, 
Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. 
ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. RYAN of 
Wisconsin, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SCALISE, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
SKELTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. TERRY, 
Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. 
WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
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A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking 
minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requir-
ing the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. 
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 ‘‘Child Interstate Abor-
tion Notification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS IN CIRCUMVENTION 
OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO ABORTION. 
Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after chapter 117 the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 
117A—TRANSPORTATION 
OF 
MINORS IN CIRCUMVENTION OF CER-
TAIN LAWS RELATING TO ABORTION 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘2431. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws relating to 
abortion. 
‘‘2432. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws relating to 
abortion. 
‘‘§ 2431. Transportation of minors in circumvention of 
certain laws relating to abortion 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(1) GENERALLY.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), whoever knowingly transports a minor 
across a State line, with the intent that such minor 
obtain an abortion, and thereby in fact abridges the 
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right of a parent under a law requiring parental in-
volvement in a minor’s abortion decision, in force in 
the State where the minor resides, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this 
subsection, an abridgement of the right of a parent 
occurs if an abortion is performed or induced on the 
minor, in a State or a foreign nation other than the 
State where the minor resides, without the parental 
consent or notification, or the judicial authorization, 
that would have been required by that law had the 
abortion been performed in the State where the 
minor resides. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) The prohibition of subsection (a) does not 
apply if the abortion was necessary to save the life 
of the minor because her life was endangered by a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 
‘‘(2) A minor transported in violation of this 
section, and any parent of that minor, may not be 
prosecuted or sued for a violation of this section, a 
conspiracy to violate this section, or an offense 
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under section 2 or 3 based on a violation of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.—It is an affirmative 
defense to a prosecution for an offense, or to a civil action, 
based on a violation of this section that the defendant— 
‘‘(1) reasonably believed, based on information 
the defendant obtained directly from a parent of the 
minor, that before the minor obtained the abortion, 
the parental consent or notification took place that 
would have been required by the law requiring pa-
rental involvement in a minor’s abortion decision, 
had the abortion been performed in the State where 
the minor resides; or 
‘‘(2) was presented with documentation showing 
with a reasonable degree of certainty that a court in 
the minor’s State of residence waived any parental 
notification required by the laws of that State, or 
otherwise authorized that the minor be allowed to 
procure an abortion. 
‘‘(d) CIVIL ACTION.—Any parent who suffers harm 
from a violation of subsection (a) may obtain appropriate 
relief in a civil action unless the parent has committed 
an act of incest with the minor subject to subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion— 
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