| SB 0275 | Defines Partial Birth Abortion and Makes This Procedure Illegal Except to Save the Life of the Mother |
| Sponsor: | Kinder | |||
| LR Number: | L1055.03T | Fiscal Note: | 1055-03 | |
| Committee: | Judiciary | |||
| Last Action: | 09/10/97 - Motion to Overide Governors' Veto defeated (Kinder) | Journal page: | ||
| Title: | SS/SB 275 | |||
| Effective Date: | August 28, 1997 | |||
SS/SB 275 - This act defines "partial birth abortion" as a method or technique of abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before intentionally killing the infant and completing the delivery.
The act also states that no physician shall perform a
partial birth abortion unless necessary to preserve the life of
the mother. Any physician who performs a partial birth abortion
when it is not necessary to safe the life of the mother shall be
guilty of a Class D felony. The act further states that any
person who takes the life of a child aborted alive is guilty of
2nd degree murder.
JAMES KLAHR