Bill Text: WV HB2279 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring that abortion providers notify the parents of a minor seeking an abortion forty-eight hours before performing the procedure
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - To House Judiciary [HB2279 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB2279-Introduced.html
(By Delegate Border)
[Introduced January 12, 2011 ; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-2F-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring that abortion providers notify the parents of a minor seeking an abortion forty-eight hours before performing the procedure.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §16-2F-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON UNEMANCIPATED MINORS.
§16-2F-3. Parental notification required for abortions performed on unemancipated minors; waiver; notice to minor of right of petition to circuit court; minor to be referred for counseling.
(a)
(b) Upon notification being given to any parent or to the legal guardian of such pregnant minor, the physician shall refer such pregnant minor to a counselor or caseworker of any church or school or of the Department of Health and Human
(c) Parental notification required by subsection (a) of this section may be waived by a physician, other than the physician who is to perform the abortion, if such other physician finds that the minor is mature enough to make the abortion decision independently or that notification would not be in the minor's best interest: Provided, That such other physician shall not be associated professionally or financially with the physician proposing to perform the abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require forty-eight hours notice to the parents of a minor seeking an abortion before performing the abortion. Current law requires a twenty-four hour notice.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.