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Life Gauge bill idea #14 --- view ultrasound
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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 that every woman seeking an abortion be given the opportunity to see an ultrasound image of the fetus; prescribing a criminal penalty for violations of the section; and providing nothing in the section that can be construed as approving of abortion.
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.
Before any medical practitioner may perform an abortion, he or she shall afford the woman seeking the abortion an opportunity to view an ultrasound image of her unborn child. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Nothing contained in this section may be construed or interpreted to endorse, allow, permit or approve of abortion.§33-42-9. Requirement that woman seeking abortion be given opportunity to see ultrasound image of fetus.