HR 732 - The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) would make it illegal to take a minor across a state line to evade the requirements of a pre-abortion parental involvement law in the girl’s home state.

Most states have either a parental notification or consent law, but not all. In some cases, a girl can be transported by an older boyfriend or other adult across a state line in order to have her baby aborted without the girl’s parents knowing. CIANA would bar anyone from transporting a minor to another state for the purpose of circumventing a parental involvement statute. It would also require an abortionist to notify the parents of a minor from out of state that their daughter is seeking an abortion from him.

In the House, CIANA is numbered HR 732; the Senate version has not yet been assigned a number.

Text

Neither the text of HR 732 nor that of its Senate companion is available yet.

Sponsor/Co-Sponsors

HR 732 was introduced by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) and has 74 co-sponsors.

The Senate version of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (FL) and has 18 co-sponsors.

Status for HR 732

2-14-13 Introduced and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary

Status for Senate version

2-14-13 Introduced.

Statements

2-14-13 Statements in support of CIANA by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Senator Marco Rubio; Senator Mitch McConnell; Senator Orrin Hatch; Senator Roy Blunt; Senator John Boozman; Senator Richard Burr; Senator Saxby Chambliss; Senator Charles Grassley; Senator James Inhofe; Senator Mike Johanns; and Senator Jim Risch.