2nd Sub. H.B. 235
         ABORTION LAW REVISIONS

senate floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 28, 2007 6:59 pm



Senator Curtis S. Bramble proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 22 :    

             14          .    provides that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, the provisions of this bill will
             15      immediately be in effect and will supercede conflicting provisions of the Utah
             16      Code;
             17          .    provides that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, no person may perform an abortion,
             18      unless:
             19              .    it is necessary in order to avert a woman's death or to avert a serious risk to a
             20      woman of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function;
{   or   }

             21              .    the woman is pregnant as the result of incest or rape that is reported to law
             22      enforcement before the abortion is performed
  and the abortion is performed while the unborn child is under 20 weeks gestational age       ;        or

        .    the unborn child has a medical condition that makes it highly unlikely that the unborn child will survive more than 24 hours after birth and there is not a medically acceptable intervention or procedure that may be performed without undue risk to the mother's health and that has a reasonable chance of extending the unborn child's life beyond 24 hours;  


2.    Page 1, Lines 23 through 25 :    

             23          .    addresses the confidentiality of the name of a victim of incest or rape;
  and      

             24          .    provides a severability clause;
{   and

             25          .    includes legislative intent for the appropriations made in this bill  
}
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3.    Page 2, Lines 27 through 29 :    

             27          
{   This bill appropriates:

             28          .    as a one time appropriation, $173,000; and
             29          .    as ongoing appropriations, $2,640,600.  
}
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4.    Page 2, Line 49 through Page 3, Line 61 :    

             49          (3) Subject to Subsection (1), no person may perform an abortion unless:
             50          (a) a medical condition exists that, on the basis of the attending physician's good faith
             51      clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a woman as to necessitate the
             52      abortion of her pregnancy to avert:


             53          (i) the woman's death; or
             54          (ii) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function
             55      of the woman;
{   or   }

             56          (b) (i) the woman upon whom the abortion is performed is pregnant as a result of:
             57          (A) incest, as defined in Subsection 76-5-406 (10) or Section 76-7-102 ;
             58          (B) rape, as defined in Section 76-5-402 ; or
             59          (C) rape of a child, as defined in Section 76-5-402.1 ;
{   and   }

             60          (ii) the incident described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) is reported to a law enforcement
             61      agency before the abortion is performed
{   .   }        ; and

    (iii)    the unborn child is under 20 weeks gestational age; or
    (c)    on the basis of the attending physician's good faith clinical judgment;
    (i)    the unborn child has a medical condition that makes it highly unlikely that the unborn child will survive more than 24 hours after birth; and
    (ii)    there is not a medically acceptable intervention or procedure that:
    (A)    may be performed before or after the child's birth;
    (B)    may be performed without undue risk to the mother's health; and
    (C)    has a reasonable chance of extending the unborn child's life beyond 24 hours.  


5.    Page 3, Line 75 through Page 4, Line 92 :    

             75
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         Section 2. One time appropriation for Early Intervention Services -- Ongoing
             76      appropriations for Early Intervention Services and Utah Birth Defect Network --
             77      Legislative intent.
             78          (1) As a one time appropriation, there is appropriated for the fiscal year 2006-07,
             79      $173,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Health, Children with Special Health
             80      Care Needs, for Early Intervention Services.
             81          (2) As on ongoing appropriation, subject to future budget constraints, there is
             82      appropriated for the fiscal year 2007-08, $360,000 from the General Fund to the Department of
             83      Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, for Early Intervention Services.
             84          (3) As on ongoing appropriation, subject to future budget constraints, there is
             85      appropriated for the fiscal year 2007-08, $2,280,600 from the General Fund to the Department
             86      of Health, Community and Family Health Services, for the Utah Birth Defect Network.
             87          (4) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriations described in Subsections (1)
             88      and (2) will assist families who have children with special needs, thereby encouraging pregnant
             89      women to not seek an abortion to avoid the birth of a child who has birth defects.
             90          (5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriation described in Subsection (3)
             91      will reduce the incidence of birth defects, thereby reducing the number of abortions of unborn
             92      children that are performed to avoid the birth of a child with birth defects.  
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