Bill Text: MS HB938 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Abortion; repeal prohibition of.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB938 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HB938-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services; Judiciary B; Rules
By: Representatives Banks, Summers
House Bill 938
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS ABORTION EXCEPT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR WHERE THE PREGNANCY IS CAUSED BY RAPE; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A FELONY CRIME FOR ANY PERSON WHO WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY CAUSES ANY PREGNANT WOMAN TO ABORT OR MISCARRY A CHILD; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A FELONY CRIME FOR ALLOWING A CHILD DELIVERED IN FAILED ABORTION TO DIE; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A MISDEMEANOR CRIME FOR ANY PERSON WHO PROVIDES AN INSTRUMENT OR MEDICINE TO ASSIST A WOMAN IN OBTAINING AN ABORTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-41-45, which prohibits abortion except for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy is caused by rape, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 97-3-3, which creates a felony crime for any person who willfully and knowingly causes any pregnant woman to abort or miscarry a child, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 97-3-4, which creates a felony crime for allowing a child delivered in failed abortion to die, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 97-3-5, which creates a misdemeanor crime for any person who provides an instrument or medicine to assist a woman in obtaining an abortion, is repealed.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
