{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1688","title_num":"20","num":"§ 1688.","heading":"Neutrality with respect to abortion","status":null,"guid":"idd1198819-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 92–318, title IX, § 909, as added Pub. L. 100–259, § 3(b), Mar. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 29.)","seq_in_title":962,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch38","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch38","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 38—","heading":"DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX OR BLINDNESS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id6c77f4f4-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s1688\"><num value=\"1688\">§ 1688.</num><heading> Neutrality with respect to abortion</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require or prohibit any person, or public or private entity, to provide or pay for any benefit or service, including the use of facilities, related to an abortion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a penalty to be imposed on any person or individual because such person or individual is seeking or has received any benefit or service related to a legal abortion.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id6c77f4f5-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/92/318/tIX/s909\">Pub. L. 92–318, title IX, § 909</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/259/s3/b\">Pub. L. 100–259, § 3(b)</ref>, <date date=\"1988-03-22\">Mar. 22, 1988</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/102/29\">102 Stat. 29</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id6c77f4f6-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id6c77f4f7-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IX of <ref href=\"/us/pl/92/318\">Pub. L. 92–318</ref> which enacted this chapter and amended sections 203 and 213 of Title 29, Labor, and sections 2000c, 2000c–6, 2000c–9, and 2000h–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of title IX to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1681\">section 1681 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"miscellaneous\" id=\"id6c77f4f8-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Construction</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This section not to be construed to extend application of Education Amendments of 1972, <ref href=\"/us/pl/92/318\">Pub. L. 92–318</ref>, to ultimate beneficiaries of Federal financial assistance excluded from coverage before <date date=\"1988-03-22\">Mar. 22, 1988</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/259/s7\">section 7 of Pub. L. 100–259</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1687\">section 1687 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"miscellaneous\" id=\"id6c77f4f9-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Abortion Neutrality</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/100/259/s8\">Pub. L. 100–259, § 8</ref>, <date date=\"1988-03-22\">Mar. 22, 1988</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/102/31\">102 Stat. 31</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/100/259/s8\">“No provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1681\">section 1681 of this title</ref>] shall be construed to force or require any individual or hospital or any other institution, program, or activity receiving Federal Funds [sic] to perform or pay for an abortion.”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}