119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 23, 2025
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 23, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 23, 2025)
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child who has Down syndrome.
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Actions from Congress.gov, newest first.
Abortion · Birth defects · Civil actions and liability · Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation · Disability and health-based discrimination · Health information and medical records · Health personnel · Right of privacy
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CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS · lobbying firm or registrant: CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$620,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(S. 891, Sec. 223), Telehealth Extending Flexibilities (H.R. 1968, Sec. 2207), Transparency & PBMs (S. 882; S. 891, Sec. 227), Physician Fee Schedule (S. 891, S. 205), Site Neutrality & Provider Billing (S. 891, Sec. 228), Medicare Coverage & Obesity, FY25 Concurrent Budget Resolution (potential Medicare and Medicaid Polici…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Prohibition Act; H.R.272 Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act; H.R.271 Defund Planned Parenthood Act; Second Chance for Moms Act; Pregnancy is Not an Illness Act; S.205/H.R.2251 Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act; S.250 Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act; H.R.679 To nullify the modifications made by the Food…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing