WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
By Delegate
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to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§16-2F-8a, relating to requiring facilities providing abortions to obtain
parental notification or consent in writing by the parent or by a notarized
parental notification or consent form; and providing penalties.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §16-2F-8a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED
ON UNEMANCIPATED MINORS.
§16-2F-8a. Parental notification requirements;
penalties.
Any abortion-related parental
notification or consent required in this article or in this code shall be
provided in writing by the parent at the facility where the abortion is
performed, or it shall be notarized before presented to the facility. Failure to comply with the terms of this
section shall result in a fine against the facility providing the abortion in
an amount of ten times the cost of the abortion in question for the first
offense, and for any second or subsequent offense, the facility shall be closed
for a period of thirty days.
Nothing contained in this section
shall be construed or interpreted to endorse, allow, permit or approve of any
abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to require facilities providing abortions to obtain parental notification or
consent in writing by the parent or by a notarized signature of the parent; and
providing a fine on the first offense of ten times the amount of the abortion
and upon a subsequent offense closure of the facility for thirty days.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.