S. 3650 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jan 15, 2026
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryCreates federal crimes for transporting minors for abortion
This bill would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion while bypassing parental involvement rules that exist in their home state. It would also make it a crime for someone who committed incest with a minor to transport that minor across state lines for an abortion, and would require doctors to notify a minor's parent before performing an abortion on an out-of-state minor.
How it affects you
Minors seeking abortions in a different state than where they live, and the adults who might help them, could face federal criminal charges. Physicians treating out-of-state minors for abortion would need to notify the patient's parent or face federal criminal liability. Parents living in states with parental involvement laws would have those requirements extended across state lines.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jan 15, 2026)
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
This bill creates new federal crimes related to transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion.
Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying the requirements of a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion.
The bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.
Finally, the bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first notifying the minor's parent.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
2nd SessionS. 3650
A BILL
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act
Sponsor: Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Crime and Law Enforcement · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 15, 2026: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”