Reference is to Printer's Date 5/19/15-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 44-41-450 and inserting:
/ Section 44-41-450.
(A) No person shall
perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion
upon a woman when it has been determined, by the physician
performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce the
abortion or by another physician upon whose determination that
physician relies, that the probable post-fertilization age of
the woman's unborn child is twenty or more weeks, except in the
case of a medical emergency, rape, incest or severe fetal
anomaly or if it is necessary to preserve the woman's life or
health.
(B) When an
abortion upon a woman whose unborn child has been determined to
have a probable post-fertilization age of twenty or more weeks
is not prohibited by subsection (A), the physician shall
terminate the pregnancy in the manner which, in reasonable
medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn
child to survive, unless, in reasonable medical judgment,
termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater
risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or pose a risk to
her health. No such greater risk must be considered to exist if
it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage
in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in
substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major
bodily function. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking Section 44-41-460(A)(5) and (A)(6) and inserting:
/ (5)
If the probable post fertilization age was determined to
be twenty or more weeks, whether the reason for the abortion was
a medical emergency, rape, incest, severe fetal anomaly, or risk
to the women's life or health, and if the reason was a medical
emergency or risk to her life or health, the basis of the
determination that the pregnant woman had a condition which
would risk her life or health.
(6)
If the probable post fertilization age was determined to
be twenty or more weeks, whether or not the method of abortion
used was one that, in reasonable medical judgment, provided the
best opportunity for the unborn child to survive and, if such a
method was not used, the basis of the determination that
termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater
risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or pose a risk to
her health. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.