VA HJR589 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Unborn children; abortion law and personhood. Recognizes that Virginia law consistently acknowledged that an unborn child was a person prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade regardless of how abortion was punished under the law.

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Title

Unborn children; abortion law and personhood.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-02-07HouseLeft in Rules
2017-01-04HouseReferred to Committee on Rules
2017-01-04HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103527D

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