Mississippi House Bill 1272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Repeal Section 41-41-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits An Abortion After Fifteen Weeks' Gestation Except In Cases Of Medical Emergency Or Severe Fetal Abnormality; To Repeal Section 41-41-34.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits An Abortion Of An Unborn Human Individual With A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat Except When Necessary To Prevent The Death Of The Pregnant Woman Or To Prevent A Serious Risk Of The Substantial And Irreversible Impairment Of A Major Bodily Function Of The Woman; To Amend Section 73-25-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Subjects A Physician Performing An Abortion On A Pregnant Woman After Determining That The Unborn Human Individual Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat To License Revocation Or Disciplinary Action; And For Related Purposes.

Abortion; repeal statutes prohibiting after 15 weeks' gestation and after detection of fetal heartbeat.

Rep. Earle Banks [D]

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]

Rep. Bo Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary B;et al

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	41	191	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
41	41	34	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
73	25	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1272.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1272IN.htm