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Life Gauge Bills:
2007
Life Gauge's 46 bills introduced in the House in 2007 ---
HJR 18 --- Amendment
clarifying that nothing in the Constitution secures or protects a right
to abortion. Sumner. Constitutional Revision>Judiciary.
HB 2008 --- Requiring abortion facilities to have
certain written policies and procedures. Azinger. To HHR
-> Judic.
HB 2025 --- Requiring that abortions be performed in
hospitals or by physicians with admitting privileges to a hospital
within the local service area. Azinger. To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2031 --- Requiring medical practitioners who
perform abortions to estimate the gestational age of the fetus.
Carmichael. To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2036 --- Establishing the crime of partial birth
infanticide. Border. HHR->Judic.
HB 2037 ---
Requiring that abortion providers notify the parents of a minor seeking
an abortion forty-eight hours before performing the procedure.
Border. HHR -> Judic.
HB 2072 --- Requiring the department of health and human resources to
enforce specific abortion clinic regulations. Hamilton,
Romine. To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2085 --- Granting Bureau for
Public Health authority to inspect facilities where abortions are
performed at any time, with no warrant.
Tansill. To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2092 --- Allowing
pharmacists to
refuse to fill prescriptions or dispense any substance that can be used
in an abortion. Schoen. To HHR
-> Judic.
HB 2099 --- Relating
to recovery rooms where abortions are performed. Hamilton.
To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2115 --- Requiring any facility that performs abortions to
maintain a quality assurance program. Evans. HHR -> Judic.
HB 2117 --- Requiring
abortion providers have relationship with hospitals within fifteen
minutes travel time. Tansill. HHR->Judic.
HB 2129 --- Banning partial
birth abortions in instances when the unborn child is capable of
survival if delivered. Lane, Porter, Blair, Sumner. HHR->
Judic.
HB 2138 --- Prohibiting abortions at
state college or university medical facilities, except when necessary to save the life of the woman.
Schoen, Blair. HHR -> Judic.
HB 2140 --- Defining
"the deceased" for purposes of prescribing that a deceased
victim includes unborn children under first and second degree murder.
Rowan. HHR->Judic.
HB 2149 --- Requiring the collection of
statistics relative to abortions performed in the State.
Overington, Rowan, Sumner. HHR->Finance.
HB 2166 --- Justifying use of
deadly force by pregnant woman when her
unborn child's life is threatened. Overington, Rowan, Evans,
Blair. To Judiciary.
HB 2210 --- Prohibiting employees of
higher education from assisting students in securing abortions.
Porter. To Judiciary.
HB 2219 --- Physician shall
receive written consent from at least one parent/guardian
before abortion on an unemancipated minor. Blair,
Sumner. To HHR -> Judic.
HB 2228 --- Prohibiting subsidies to
entities that perform abortions. Lane, Walters, Armstead, Sumner,
Porter. HHR -> Judic.
HB 2245 --- DHHR
shall maintain information for
public dissemination re judicial bypasses re abortions performed on minors.
Porter, Sumner, Lane. HHR -> Judic.
HB 2273 --- Prohibiting a
business or organization from performing abortions in a public facility.
Blair. HHR-> Judic.
HB 2368 --- Prohibiting the
performance of any abortion when the woman seeking it is doing so solely
on account of the gender of the fetus. Romine, Schoen. HHR->Judic.
HB 2369 --- Requiring physicians
performing abortions take steps designed to save the life of any aborted
live fetus. Rowan, Porter. HHR->Judic.
HB 2395 --- Requiring medical
facilities that provide abortions to administer anesthesia to an unborn
fetus when aborted if it is older than seven weeks. Romine.
HHR->Judic.
HB 2439 --- Relating to language a
doctor must give a woman before performing an abortion regarding life of
the fetus. Miley. HHR->Judic.
HB 2440 --- Banning abortions in
instances when the unborn child is capable of survival if delivered.
Miley. HHR->Judic.
HB 2581 --- Requiring notice of an
abortion to be provided to the father of the unborn child.
Walters. HHR-> Judic.
HB 2792 --- Prohibiting family planning
centers that receive state funding from discussing abortion.
Walters. HHR>Judic.
HB 2903 --- Allowing hospitals to
refuse to perform abortions, except when the mother's life is in
imminent danger. Reynolds. HHR>Judic.
HB 2905 --- Ensuring that medical
workers have the right to refuse to participate in any abortion-related
activity. Schadler. HHR>Judic.
HB 2935 --- Health
facilities that provide abortions shall be fined for actions not in
line with policies of DHHR. Evans. HHR>Judic.
HB 3003 --- No State-Funded Transportation for Abortion Act.
Ireland. HHR>Judic.
HB 3004 --- Prohibiting the use of the
body of fetuses for certain purposes. Shaver. HHR>Judic.
HB 3058 --- Providing that when any
body part of an unborn child is outside the womb, the child is born, and
is considered a citizen of the state. Duke. HHR>Judic.
HB 3099 --- Requiring that every woman seeking an abortion be given
the opportunity to see an ultrasound image of the fetus.
Ellem. HHR>Judic.
HB 3107 --- Requiring all high schools to teach fetal development.
Carol Miller. Educ>Judic.
HB 3108 --- Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to
obtain an abortion without written consent by both parents.
Sobonya. HHR>Judic.
HB 3116 --- Issuing a "Choose Life" license plate displaying
the "Choose Life" logo. Stephens. Roads &
Transportation>Finance.
HB 3126 --- Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion.
Sobonya. HHR>Judic.
HB 3137 --- Prohibiting school
employees from transporting any student to obtain an abortion without
parental consent. Moye. Educ>Judic.
HB 3153 --- Requiring that any person seeking an abortion provide two
forms of identification. Moye. HHR>Judic.
HB 3183 --- Abortion Complication
Reporting Act. Ashley. HHR>Judic.
HB
3187 --- Requiring facilities providing abortions to obtain parental
notification or consent in writing. Rodighiero. HHR>Judic.
HB
3243 --- Prohibiting coverage for abortions under insurance plans
provided under the Public Employees Insurance Act. Armstead.
HHR>Judic.
HB 3275 --- Relating to reporting requirements for
physicians when it is suspected that a woman has suffered injury or
death due to an induced abortion. John Miller. HHR>Judic.
Last
bill introduced ... 3276.
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Twelve Life Gauge bills in the Senate, 2007.
SJR 3 --- Proposing amendment to
Constitution clarifying Constitution does not require state pay for
abortion. Caruth. HHR>Finance.
SJR 9 --- Proposing amendment to
Constitution clarifying Constitution does not grant a right to abortion,
or require state to pay for an abortion. Hall. Judic>Finance.
SB 11 --- Requiring
women seeking abortion opportunity to view ultrasound image of fetus.
Caruth. HHR->Judic.
SB 575 --- Creating misdemeanor offense of transporting minor across
state lines to obtain abortion without written parental consent.
Love. HHR>Judic.
SB 576 ---
Providing requirement to preserve life when fetus aborted alive.
Love. HHR>Judic.
SB 584 ---
Prohibiting subsidies to entities performing abortions.
Guills. HHR>Judic>Finance.
SB 639 --- Allowing hospitals
to refuse to perform certain abortions. McKenzie. HHR>Judic.
SB 651
--- Requiring certain statistics of state abortions performed.
Hall. HHR>Finance.
SB 671 --- Prohibiting certain abortions at state college or university
medical facilities. Sypolt. HHR>Educ.
SB 687 --- Allowing medical workers to refuse to participate in
abortion-related activity. Sprouse. HHR>Judic.
SB 695 --- Defining term "born" under Women's Access to
Health Care Act. Sprouse. HHR>Judic.
SB 743 --- Allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions used as
abortion-related procedure. Sypolt. HHR>Judic.
_______________________________________________________________________ WVFL
-- HB 2151/3128; SB 72/544 parent notifn; HB 3077 funding
Kessler SB 736 --- Prohibit state funded
abortions. HHR>Finance. Covering his tracks (up for
election next year.) Could originate the bill in his own committee
if he really wanted to see it go anywhere.
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some bills introduced by the other side ...
HB 2249 --- Making it a misdemeanor to fail to provide
a woman with information regarding all available reproductive
alternatives. Brown, Hatfield.
HB 2312 --- Requiring faith-based, abstinence-only and antichoice
facilities to have written policies and procedures. Brown,
Hatfield.
HB 2313 --- Requiring any faith-based facility that counsels women
regarding contraception, abortion or pregnancy to maintain a quality
assurance program. Brown, Hatfield.
HB 2416 --- Prohibiting pharmacists and other persons involved in
dispensing medicines from refusing to fill prescriptions.
Hatfield, Doyle.
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