PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
Congressional Research Service
Version 36 · Passed House amended · May 25, 2000
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any physician from knowingly performing a partial-birth abortion in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, unless it is necessary to save the mother's life that is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury. Prescribes penalties.Defines a "partial birth abortion" as an abortion in which the person performing the abortion deliberately and intentionally: (1) vaginally delivers some portion of an intact living fetus until the fetus is partially outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the fetus while the fetus is partially outside the mother's body; and (2) performs the overt act that kills the fetus while the intact living fetus is partially outside the mother's body.Authorizes the father, if married to the mother at the time of the abortion, and the maternal grandparents of the fetus, if the mother is under 18 years of age, to obtain specified relief in a civil action, unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.Authorizes a defendant accused of an offense under this Act to seek a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the mother.Prohibits the prosecution of a woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed for conspiracy to violate this Act or under provisions regarding punishment as a principal or an accessory or for concealment of a felony.
People & committees
Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R–PA
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
The Speaker appointed conferees: Hyde, Canady, Goodlatte, Conyers, and Watt (NC).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to meet promptly with the managers on the part of the Senate on all issues committted to conference.
Mr. Conyers moved that the House instruct conferees.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection.
Mr. Canady asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H3829)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H3829)
The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H.R. 3660. Agreed to without objection.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3660 with 2 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. After passage of H.R. 3660, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill S. 1692 and to consider the bill in the House. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of S. 1692 and insert the provisions of H.R. 3660 as passed by the House. All points of order against the motion to strike and insert are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill,
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 457. (consideration: CR H3829-3830)
Held at the desk.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate as modified and with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 63-34. Record Vote No: 340. (text of measure as passed in Senate: CR S12997; text of measure as modified in Senate: CR S12980)
Senate roll call 340 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate as modified and with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 63-34. Record Vote No: 340.(text of measure as passed in Senate: CR S12997; text of measure as modified in Senate: CR S12980)
Senate roll call 340 · Individual votesMr. Santorum submitted a modification to the text of S.1692, which was agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12949-12970, S12972-12999)
Motion by Senator Santorum to commit to Senate Committee on HELP with instructions withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S12896)
Motion by Senator Santorum to commit to Senate Committee on HELP with instructions made in Senate.
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S12861-12899)
Motion to table motion to reconsider was agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-47. Record Vote No: 333. (consideration: CR S12863)
Senate roll call 333 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52-48. Record Vote No: 332. (consideration: CR S12863)
Senate roll call 332 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S12804-12831)
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Apr 7, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.1692 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.1692 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.1692 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.1692 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.