MS HB226 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 41-41-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Name Of The Women's Health Protection And Preborn Pain Act To The Women's Health Protection And Fetal Heartbeat Act; To Amend Section 41-41-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Several New Definitions To The Act; To Amend Section 41-41-135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Physicians From Performing Or Inducing An Abortion Without First Making A Determination By Using An Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging Procedure If The Unborn Human Individual That The Pregnant Woman Is Carrying Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; To Amend Section 41-41-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Physicians From Performing Or Inducing An Abortion If It Has Been Determined That The Unborn Human Individual That The Pregnant Woman Is Carrying Has A Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; To Create New Section 41-41-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Criminal Penalties For Physicians Who Knowingly Perform Or Induce An Abortion In Violation Of Section 41-41-135 Or 41-41-137; To Provide That A Pregnant Woman On Whom An Abortion Is Performed Or Induced In Violation Of Section 41-41-135 Or 41-41-137 Is Not Guilty Of Violating Or Attempting To Violate Either Of Those Sections And Is Not Subject To A Criminal Penalty Based On That Violation; To Amend Section 41-41-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 41-41-141, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit The Exemption From The Prohibitions In This Act Only To Cases Where There Exists A Condition In Which An Abortion Is Necessary To Preserve The Life Of The Pregnant Woman And To Remove The Other Exemptions; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Abortion; prohibit after heartbeat is detectable.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-30 | House | Died In Committee |
| 2018-01-02 | House | Referred To Judiciary B |
Mississippi State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0226.xml |
| Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0226IN.htm |
