H. B. 3187
(By Delegates Rodighiero, Stephens, Reynolds,
Ellis, Craig and Shook)
[Introduced February 22, 2007; 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 §16-2F-8a, relating to requiring facilities
providing abortions to obtain parental notification or consent in writing by
the parent or by a notarized parental notification or consent form; and
providing penalties.
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 §16-2F-8a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON UNEMANCIPATED
MINORS.
§16-2F-8a. Parental notification requirements; penalties.
Any abortion-related parental notification or consent required in this
article or in this code shall be provided in writing by the parent at the
facility where the abortion is performed, or it shall be notarized before
presented to the facility. Failure to comply with the terms of this section
shall result in a fine against the facility providing the abortion in an amount
of ten times the cost of the abortion in question for the first offense, and for
any second or subsequent offense, the facility shall be closed for a period of
thirty days.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to endorse,
allow, permit or approve of any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require facilities providing abortions to
obtain parental notification or consent in writing by the parent or by a
notarized signature of the parent; and providing a fine on the first offense of
ten times the amount of the abortion and upon a subsequent offense closure of
the facility for thirty days.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law,
and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.