Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4964 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4964 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 August 12, 2025 Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Onder, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Clyde, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Estes, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Child Interstate Abortion 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 CERTAIN 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. ``Sec. 2431. Transportation of minors in circumvention of certain laws relating to abortion ``(a) Offense.-- ``(1) Generally.--Except as provided in subsection (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 rig