H.B. 12
         ABORTION AMENDMENTS

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 2 January 26, 2010 10:39 AM



Representative Carl Wimmer proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 1 through 4 :    

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{   ABORTION AMENDMENTS   }

  CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND ABORTION AMENDMENTS      

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Carl Wimmer


2.    Page 1, Line 18 :    

             18      under the age of 14 years does not apply to the homicide of an unborn child;
  . provides that a person is not guilty of criminal homicide of an unborn child if the sole reason for the death of the unborn child is that the person refused to consent to medical treatment or a cesarean section or failed to follow medical advice;      


3.    Page 1, Line 25 :    

             25      committing criminal homicide of an unborn child
{   ; and   }

  . clarifies that a woman is not criminally liable for seeking to obtain, or obtaining, an abortion that is permitted by law; and      


4.    Page 2, Line 55 :    

             55      homicide, homicide by assault, negligent homicide, or automobile homicide.
  (3) A person is not guilty of criminal homicide of an unborn child if the sole reason for the death of the unborn child is that the person:

(a)     refused to consent to:
    (i) medical treatment; or
    (ii) a cesarean section; or
(b)    failed to follow medical advice.  


5.    Page 7, Lines 202 through 211 :    

             202          (b) "Abortion" does not include:
             203          (i) removal of a dead unborn child[.];
             204          
{   (ii) the killing or attempted killing of an unborn child by a person other than a

             205
     physician;
             206          (iii) the killing or attempted killing of an unborn child by any person through a
             207      procedure other than:
             208          (A) a medical procedure; or
             209          (B) a substance used under the direction of a physician; or   }
    
  (ii) removal of an ectopic pregnancy; or      

             210          
{   (iv)   }        (iii)       the killing or attempted killing of an unborn child without the consent of the

             211      pregnant woman, unless:

6.    Page 10, Lines 300 through 301 :    

             300          [(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a woman who seeks to have,
             301      or obtains, an abortion for herself is not criminally liable.]
  (2) A woman is not criminally liable for seeking to obtain, or obtaining, an abortion that is permitted by this part.      

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