ALLcrimesfood&drugstaxestelecomcommercehealthconservationtransportationagricultureveteransbrowse all titles »
0

42 U.S.C. § 300a–8 — Penalty for United States, etc., officer or employee coercing or endeavoring to coerce procedure upon beneficiary of Federal program

submitted 51 years ago by Pub. L. 94-63 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 110 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

It's a federal crime to threaten someone's benefits to force them into an abortion or sterilization. This applies to federal employees, state or local employees who run federally funded programs, and anyone paid through such a program. The penalty is a fine up to $1,000, up to a year in prison, or both.

This section makes it a crime for any of these three types of people to coerce someone into an abortion or sterilization: (1) an officer or employee of the United States; (2) an officer or employee of a state, a political subdivision of a state, or any other organization that runs or oversees a program getting federal financial assistance; or (3) a person who gets paid for services under a program receiving federal financial assistance. The coercion this section bans is threatening to take away, or make someone ineligible for, a benefit or service under a federally funded program, in order to pressure that person into an abortion or sterilization. Anyone who does this can be fined up to $1,000, imprisoned for up to one year, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any—

(1)

officer or employee of the United States,

(2)

officer or employee of any State, political subdivision of a State, or any other entity, which administers or supervises the administration of any program receiving Federal financial assistance, or

(3)

person who receives, under any program receiving Federal financial assistance, compensation for services,

who coerces or endeavors to coerce any person to undergo an abortion or sterilization procedure by threatening such person with the loss of, or disqualification for the receipt of, any benefit or service under a program receiving Federal financial assistance shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–63, title II, § 205, July 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 308.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1975Enacted · Pub. L. 94-63 · 89 Stat. 308

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-63 on 1975-07-29.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

0/280

no arguments yet — make the first case