New York Assembly Bill 424 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-23 - enacting clause stricken
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This bill would enact the fetal pain prevention act which would require a physician performing an abortion on a pregnant female carrying a fetus of twenty or more weeks gestational age to provide the female with information on fetal pain.

Enacts the fetal pain prevention act; mandates that physicians provide a pregnant female with information of fetal pain; authorizes the commissioner to prepare and publish fetal pain information; requires a physician who is to perform the abortion to request the female's voluntary and knowing consent for anesthesia to eliminate the fetal pain during the procedure; requires all consent to be certified and placed in the female's medical records; provides exceptions for reasonable judgement of a physician; further provides penalties and remedies.

Asm. Anthony Seminerio [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-23		enacting clause stricken
2009-01-07		referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00424&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00424&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A00424