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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ADOPTED
Senators Bulloch of the 11th, Millar of the 40th, Grant of the 25th and Staton of the 18th offered the following amendment:
Senators Bulloch of the 11th, Millar of the 40th, Grant of the 25th and Staton of the 18th 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 pregnancy
is diagnosed as medically futile, as such term is defined in Code Section
31-9B-1, or in reasonable medical judgment
the abortion is necessary
in
their
By
inserting between lines 90 and 91 the following:
(3)
'Medically futile' means that stage of a pregnancy when, in the judgment of the
attending physician using the appropriate standard of care for making such a
determination, he or she diagnoses the unborn child with a congenital or
chromosomal anomaly that is incompatible with life.
By
renumbering paragraphs
(3)
through
(6)
as paragraphs
(4)
through
(7),
respectively, on lines 91, 92, 96, and 99.
By
replacing line 101 with the
following:
(a)
Except in the case of a medical emergency or when a pregnancy is diagnosed as
medically futile, no abortion shall be performed or
By
replacing line 116 with the following:
determination
that a medical emergency existed or that a pregnancy was diagnosed as medically
futile;
By
inserting
"had
a medically futile pregnancy
or"
after
"woman"
on line 118.
By
inserting
"the pregnancy
was medically futile or that"
after
"that"
on line
127.
