Bill > HB1295

Introduced Session

An Act To Create The "life Equality Act Of 2020"; To State Legislative Findings And Purpose; To Define Terms; To Prohibit Abortions Being Performed Because Of Race, Sex Or Genetic Abnormality Except In A Medical Emergency; To Require The Physician Performing An Abortion To Notate In A Report That The Abortion Is Not Sought Because Of Race, Sex Or The Presence Of A Genetic Abnormality; To Require The State Department Of Health To Create The Forms Necessary For The Reports Under This Act; To Provide Criminal Penalties, Professional Sanctions And Civil Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring An Enforcement Action On Behalf Of The State Department Of Health Or The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To Provide That Nothing In The Act Creates Or Recognizes A Right To An Abortion; To Provide That The Provisions Of This Act Are Severable; And For Related Purposes.

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Committee Categories

Tracy Arnold (R)*,  Shane Barnett (R)*,  Randy Boyd (R)*,  Chris Brown (R)*,  Lester Carpenter (R)*,  Carolyn Crawford (R)*,  Dana Criswell (R)*,  Dan Eubanks (R)*,  Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes (R)*,  Steve Hopkins (R)*,  Dana McLean (R)*,  Gene Newman (R)*,  Jansen Owen (R)*,  Donnie Scoggin (R)*,  Brady Williamson (R)*, 

Approved by Governor (on 07/01/2020)

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