I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 492 
To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the 
opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent 
to receive an abortion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
ROE of Tennessee, Mr. LATTA, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, and Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an 
ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound 
before giving informed consent to receive an abortion. 
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 ‘‘Ultrasound Informed 
Consent Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ACT. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXXIV—INFORMED 
CONSENT 
‘‘SEC. 3401. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ABORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means 
the intentional use or prescription of any instru-
ment, medicine, drug, substance, device, or method 
to terminate the life of an unborn child, or to termi-
nate the pregnancy of a woman known to be preg-
nant, with an intention other than— 
‘‘(A) to produce a live birth and preserve 
the life and health of the child after live birth; 
or 
‘‘(B) to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to 
remove a dead unborn child who died as the re-
sult of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trau-
ma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant fe-
male or her unborn child. 
‘‘(2) ABORTION PROVIDER.—The term ‘abortion 
provider’ means any person legally qualified to per-
form an abortion under applicable Federal and State 
laws. 
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‘‘(3) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 
means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any 
stage of development prior to birth. 
‘‘(4) 
UNEMANCIPATED
MINOR.—The 
term 
‘unemancipated minor’ means a minor who is sub-
ject to the control, authority, and supervision of his 
or her parent or guardian, as determined under 
State law. 
‘‘(5) WOMAN.—The term ‘woman’ means a fe-
male human being whether or not she has reached 
the age of majority. 
‘‘SEC. 3402. REQUIREMENT OF INFORMED CONSENT. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
OF
COMPLIANCE
BY
PRO-
VIDERS.—Any abortion provider in or affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce, who knowingly performs any abor-
tion, shall comply with the requirements of this title. 
‘‘(b) 
PERFORMANCE
AND
REVIEW
OF 
ULTRASOUND.—Prior to a woman giving informed con-
sent to having any part of an abortion performed, the 
abortion provider who is to perform the abortion, or an 
agent under the supervision of the provider, shall— 
‘‘(1) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the 
pregnant woman; 
‘‘(2) provide a simultaneous explanation of 
what the ultrasound is depicting; 
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