United States · Bill · S
S. 981 (113th)
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act of 2013
Introduced
16 May 2013
Last action
16 May 2013 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act of 2013 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, a person from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that: (1) such person is a provider of abortion services if such person does not provide such services, or (2) such person is not a provider of abortion services if such person does provide such services. Defines "abortion services" as providing surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or providing referrals for such procedures. Sets forth the enforcement authority of the FTC, including with respect to nonprofit organizations.
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Timeline
16 May 2013
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
16 May 2013
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 May 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- · sscm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/981
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/981
- us · 113-s-981 · source updated 12 August 2025