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H. B. 4422
(By Delegates Frich and Romine)
[Introduced
February 12, 2004
; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-2F-6 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring physicians who perform
abortions to report to the department of health whether the
male who impregnated the minor female receiving the abortion
was eighteen years or older at the time of the impregnation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §16-2F-6
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-6. Reporting requirements for physicians.
Any physician performing an abortion upon an unemancipated
minor shall provide the department of health a written report of
the procedure within thirty days after having performed the
abortion. The department of health shall provide reporting forms
for this purpose to all physicians and public health facilities
required to be licensed pursuant to article five-b of this chapter. The following information, in addition to any other information
which may be required by the department of health, regarding the
minor receiving the abortion shall be included in such reporting
form:
(1) Age;
(2) Educational level;
(3) Previous pregnancies;
(4) Previous live births;
(5) Previous abortions;
(6) Complications, if any, of the abortion being reported;
(7) Reason for waiver of notification of the minor's parent or
guardian, if such notice was waived; and
(8) The city and county in which the abortion was performed;
and
(9) Any case in which the minor female was impregnated by a
person eighteen years old or older at the time of impregnation:
Provided, That nothing in this section may be construed or
interpreted to endorse, allow, permit or approve of any abortion.
Any such report shall not contain the name, address or other
information by which the minor receiving the abortion may be
identified.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require physicians who
perform abortions to report to law enforcement the names and other
identifiable information concerning any male eighteen year olds or
older who impregnated the minor female.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.