
Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Jul 7, 2017
This law is Anti–Choice
SB 72
Current
Jan 22, 2016
Co-sponsors: 49
Primary Sponsors: 2
Total Sponsors: 51
SB 72 would prohibit all abortions after the twentieth week of pregnancy, except when the pregnancy exposes the woman to a risk of death or “serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including a psychological or emotional condition.”
This bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a physician to intentionally or recklessly perform, or attempt to perform, an abortion of an “unborn child” capable of feeling pain unless it is a medical emergency
The bill uses the medically unfounded claim that an “unborn child” is capable of feeling pain at twenty or more weeks.
If an abortion is determined to be medically necessary, the physician would be required to abort the pregnancy in a manner that provides the best opportunity for the “unborn child” to survive.
Reporting Requirements
This bill would amend 34-23A-34 to include the following additional reporting requirements:
Related Legislation
Based on model legislation drafted by the National Right to Life Committee.
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