Bill > AB975

Introduced Session

Current law regulates the performance of abortions in a number of ways, including prohibiting the performance or inducement of an abortion, or an attempt to perform or induce an abortion, if the postfertilization age of the unborn child is 20 or more weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency. Current law defines the postfertilization age of the unborn child to mean the number of weeks that have elapsed from the probable time of fertilization of a woman's ovum. This bill retains that definition and amends the 20-week prohibition to prohibit any person from performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion if the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child is 14 or more weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency. Under the bill, as under current law, a medical emergency means a condition, in a physician's reasonable medical judgment, that so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a 24-hour delay in performance or inducement of an abortion will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of one or more of the woman's major bodily functions. This bill requires a referendum before giving effect to the prohibition created in the bill. Under the bill, at the April 2024 election, the electors would vote on the question whether the statutory provisions treated in the bill shall take effect “thus prohibiting under Wisconsin Statutes an abortion if the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child is 14 or more weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency?”. If a majority of votes cast in the election approves the question, the prohibition takes effect on the day after the election results are certified. If the question is not approved by a majority of votes cast, this act does not take effect. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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David Armstrong (R)*,  Tyler August (R)*,  Amy Binsfeld (R)*,  Mark Born (R)*,  Robert Brooks (R)*,  Calvin Callahan (R)*,  Alex Dallman (R)*,  Barbara Dittrich (R)*,  Robert Donovan (R)*,  Cindi Duchow (R)*,  Chanz Green (R)*,  Karen Hurd (R)*,  Scott Johnson (R)*,  Joel Kitchens (R)*,  Scott Krug (R)*,  Anthony Kurtz (R)*,  John Macco (R)*,  Paul Melotik (R)*,  Tom Michalski (R)*,  Clint Moses (R)*,  Jeff Mursau (R)*,  Amanda Nedweski (R)*,  Adam Neylon (R)*,  Todd Novak (R)*,  Loren Oldenburg (R)*,  Jon Plumer (R)*,  Donna Rozar (R)*,  Peter Schmidt (R)*,  Pat Snyder (R)*,  Shae Sortwell (R)*,  John Spiros (R)*,  Rob Summerfield (R)*,  Rob Swearingen (R)*,  Robin Vos (R)*,  Robert Wittke (R)*,  Shannon Zimmerman (R)*,  Mary Felzkowski (R),  Jesse James (R),  Dan Knodl (R),  Patrick Testin (R), 

Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (on 04/15/2024)

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