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Senate Amendment 5139

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 2396 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 4 through 12 and
  1  3 inserting the following:  "procedure that causes an
  1  4 abortion, unless such abortion is medically necessary.
  1  5 For purposes of this subsection, an abortion is
  1  6 medically necessary if it is performed under one of
  1  7 the following conditions:
  1  8    a.  The attending physician certifies that
  1  9 continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of
  1 10 the pregnant woman.
  1 11    b.  The attending physician certifies that the
  1 12 fetus is physically deformed, mentally deficient, or
  1 13 afflicted with a congenital illness.
  1 14    c.  The pregnancy is the result of a rape which is
  1 15 reported within forty-five days of the incident to a
  1 16 law enforcement agency or public or private health
  1 17 agency which may include a family physician.
  1 18    d.  The pregnancy is the result of incest which is
  1 19 reported within one hundred fifty days of the incident
  1 20 to a law enforcement agency or public or private
  1 21 health agency which may include a family physician.
  1 22    e.  The abortion is a spontaneous abortion,
  1 23 commonly known as a miscarriage, wherein not all of
  1 24 the products of conception are expelled." 
  1 25 
  1 26 
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  1 28 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 
  1 29 SF 2396.301 77
  1 30 mj/cf/28
     

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