View Amendment Current Amendment: 19 to Bill 5399

Senator GUSTAFSON proposed the following amendment (5399R041.SP.PG):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 44-41-680(B) and inserting:

/ (B)A physician may perform, induce, or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman after a fetal heartbeat has been detected in accordance with Section 44-41-630 only if:

(1) the pregnancy is the result of rape defined in Section 44-41-610, and is in the first trimester of pregnancy the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is fewer than twenty weeks;

(2) the pregnancy is the result of incest, and is in the first trimester of pregnancy the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is fewer than twenty weeks;

(3) the physician is acting in accordance with Section 44-41-690; or

(4) there exists a fetal anomaly, as defined in Section 44-41-610 44-41-430. /