Bill Text: CT HB05296 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Notice To Parents Of Abortion Procedures Performed On Minors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-15 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05296 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05296-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5296

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 835

   

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE TO PARENTS OF ABORTION PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON MINORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 19a-600 and 19a-601 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit a medical provider from performing an abortion upon an unemancipated minor under eighteen years of age, unless the provider has given not less than forty-eight hours of actual notice of the intent to perform the abortion to at least one parent or legal guardian of the minor.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish parental notification requirements for abortion procedures performed on persons who are less than eighteen years of age.

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