Michigan Sentencing Guidelines for ‘Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act’ (HB 4665)

HB 4665 provides the sentencing guidelines for any violation of the “Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act.”

The bill would make it a Class F felony—punishable by up to four years in prison—to perform an abortion without first testing for a fetal heartbeat.

The bill would make it a Class C felony—punishable by up to 15 years in prison—to perform an abortion without first testing for a fetal heartbeat and the procedure results in the death of the pregnant person.

The bill would make it a Class G felony—punishable by up to two years in prison—to perform an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat without obtaining informed consent.

The bill would make it a Class D felony—punishable by up to six years in prison—to perform an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat without obtaining informed consent and the procedure results in the death of the pregnant person.

The bill would make it a Class F felony—punishable by up to four years in prison—to perform an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat.

The bill would make it a Class C felony—punishable by up to 15 years in prison—to perform an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat and the procedure results in the death of the pregnant person.

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Related Legislation

Linked to HB 4664, the “Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act.”

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Latest Action

5/23/19 – Introduced.

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