To authorize enhanced penalties for threatening or committing a “stalking” or assaultive crime with the intent to coerce a pregnant female to have an abortion, or taking other coercive actions with that goal. The bill authorizes additional fines of $5,000 to $10,000 on top of penalties imposed for the underlying crimes.   Official Text and Analysis.

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

To expand the scope of the proposed sanctions to coercion related to any "reproductive health decision," not just abortion.

To expand the scope of the proposed sanctions to coercion related to coercing a woman to not have an abortion, not just coercing a woman to have one.

To remove proposed statutory definition of "unborn child" that reads, "a live human being in utero regardless of his or her gestational stage of development".

To exempt a doctor's recommendation that a woman should get an abortion for health reasons.

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

To clarify that the bill does not apply to a doctor who recommends an abortion for health-of-the-mother reasons.

To reduce the proposed penalties to $500.

To expand the bill to include using "knowledge of the pregnancy to interfere with the pregnant female's decisions about her future health care related to the pregnancy".