Bill Text: CT HB05566 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05566 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05566-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5566
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1204
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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.