Virginia House Bill 1285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-29 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The act, created in new Article 9.1 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. The prohibition is predicated on the assertion that a fetus is capable of feeling pain at 20 weeks. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks gestation, the physician is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would provide the unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes an abortion in violation of the article as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physician who performs an abortion in violation of the article.

Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; created, penalty.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Benjamin Cline [R]	Del. Anne Crockett-Stark [R]	Del. James Massie [R]
Del. Brenda Pogge [R]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Mark Dudenhefer [R]
Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Larry Rush [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-29	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2012-02-10	House	Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2012-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 by voice vote
2012-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-01-20	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 12103711D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	76.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	76.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1285
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1285+hil