Bill Text: GA HB954 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Abortion; criminal abortion; change certain provisions

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-01 - Effective Date [HB954 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB954-Amended.html

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Senators Orrock of the 36th, Davenport of the 44th, Butler of the 55th, Tate of the 38th and Sims of the 12th offered the following amendment:

Amend the Senate Health and Human Services Committee substitute to HB 954 (LC 25 6051S) by replacing line 54 with the following:

physicians certify that the unborn child is not viable, as such term is defined in Code Section 31-9B-1, or in reasonable medical judgment the abortion is necessary in their

By inserting after line 99 the following:

(7) 'Viable' means that stage when, in the best medical judgment of the attending physician based on the facts of the case before the physician, there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival outside of the womb.

By replacing line 101 with the following:

(a) Except in the case of a medical emergency or when an unborn child is not viable, no abortion shall be performed or

By replacing line 116 with the following:

determination that a medical emergency existed or that the unborn child was not viable;

By inserting "that the unborn child was not viable or" after "determination" on line 118.

By inserting "the unborn child was not viable or that" after "that" on line 127.