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Life Gauge bill idea # 17.  2nd and 3rd trimester abortions in hospitals.

Language change:  Strike the word "procedure"

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H. B. 3038

By Delegate Howard

Introduced February 17, 2003; referred to Health then Judiciary.

A BILL to amend article forty-two, chapter thirty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, relating to requiring all abortions performed during the second or third trimester to be performed in a hospital; and providing criminal penalties for violations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article forty-two, chapter thirty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 42. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACT.
§33-42-9. Requirement that certain abortions be performed in hospitals.
No abortion procedure may be performed during the second or third trimester unless so performed in a hospital. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned in a county or regional jail up to six months, or both fined and imprisoned. Nothing 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 all abortions performed during the second or third trimester to be performed in hospitals. The bill also provides criminal penalties for violations.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

 
Senate Bill No. 184

By Senators Smith and Weeks

Introduced January 16, 2004; referred to Health then 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 all abortions performed during the second or third trimester be performed in a hospital; and providing criminal penalties 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. Requirement that certain abortions be performed in hospitals.
No abortion procedure may be performed during the second or third trimester unless so performed in a hospital. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned in a county or regional jail up to six months, or both fined and imprisoned. Nothing 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 all abortions performed during the second or third trimester to be performed in hospitals. The bill also provides criminal penalties for violations.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

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