SB 562 - Gross, Charles
Enacts provisions relating to the capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
3377S.02I
Title
SB 562
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
N/A
Effective Date
August 28, 2006
Current Status
Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 562 - This act establishes the Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act. This act requires treating physicians to inform women seeking abortions after 20 weeks gestation that she has the right to review specified information about the capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion. The treating physicians must also offer the women the option of administering an anesthetic or analgesic to the unborn child. There are exceptions to these requirements in the cases of medical emergencies.
This act also removes the definition of "medical emergency" from Section 188.039, and moves it, without any changes, to the definitions in Section 188.015.
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