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H. B. 4496
(By Delegate Trump)
[Introduced February 16, 2004
; referred 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 §33-42-9, relating to
requiring a woman, prior to an abortion, to have a pregnancy
test administered at the facility where the abortion is to be
performed, and the pregnancy test results must be confirmed
prior to the abortion; and penalty.
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 §33-42-9, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 42. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACT.
§33-42-9. Pregnancy test required at facility where abortion to be
performed; penalty.
(a) No abortion may be performed upon a woman before a
pregnancy test has been administered in the medical facility where the abortion is to be performed and the pregnancy test results have
been confirmed prior to the abortion.
(b) The West Virginia board of medicine shall revoke the
licence of any physician violating the provisions of this section
for a period of not less than ten years.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a woman, prior
to an abortion, to have a pregnancy test administered at the
facility where the abortion is to be performed, and the pregnancy
test results must be confirmed prior to the abortion.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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