[LG-31: pregnancy test required]
H. B. 4388
(By Delegate Trump)
[Introduced February 3, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new section, designated §33-42-9, relating to requiring a woman, prior to
an abortion, to have a pregnancy test administered at the facility where the
abortion is to be performed; providing that the pregnancy test results must be
confirmed prior to the abortion; and providing for the revocation of the
license of a physician for violations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a
new section, designated §33-42-9, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 42. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACT.
§33-42-9. Pregnancy test required at facility where abortion to be performed;
penalty.
(a) An abortion may not be performed upon a woman before a pregnancy test has
been administered in the medical facility where the abortion is to be performed
and the pregnancy test results have been confirmed prior to the abortion.
(b) The West Virginia Board of Medicine shall revoke the license of any
physician violating the provisions of this section for not less than ten years.
(c) Nothing contained in this section may be construed or interpreted to
endorse, allow, permit or approve of any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a woman, prior to an abortion, to
have a pregnancy test administered at the facility where the abortion is to be
performed, and the pregnancy test results must be confirmed prior to the
abortion. The bill also provides that the license of a physician may be revoked
for violations.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been
omitted.