SB 951 - Moon, Mike
Modifies provisions relating to the protection of unborn children
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
5132S.01I
Title
SB 951
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
Upon Voter Approval
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 951 - This act establishes the "Equal Protection Act". Under this act, the intent of the General Assembly is to acknowledge the sanctity of innocent human life, which should be protected from the beginning of biological development to natural death.
This act also provides that any person accused of committing any criminal offense against a person under the laws of this state where the victim is an unborn child shall be prosecuted in a venue as provided in the act. The affirmative defense of duress for the offense of murder shall be available where the victim is an unborn child and the defendant is the child's mother. This act also provides it shall be a justifiable defense if a medical procedure is performed by a licensed physician on a pregnant female to avert the death of the female which the results in the accidental or unintentional death of the unborn child and all reasonable alternatives to save the life of the unborn child were unavailable or were unsuccessful.
Finally, this act adds the definition of person in the criminal code to include a human being, including an unborn child at every stage of development from the moment of fertilization until birth.
This act contains a referendum clause.
This act is identical to SB 619 (2025) and provisions in SB 775 (2024) and SB 356 (2023).
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.