Mississippi Senate Bill 2811 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Life Equality Act Of 2020; To State Legislative Findings And Purpose; To Define Terms; To Prohibit Abortions Being Performed Because Of Race, Sex Or Genetic Abnormality Except In A Medical Emergency; To Require The Physician Performing An Abortion To Notate In A Report That The Abortion Is Not Sought Because Of Race, Sex Or The Presence Of A Genetic Abnormality; To Require The State Department Of Health To Create The Forms Necessary For The Reports Under This Act; To Provide Criminal Penalties, Professional Sanctions And Civil Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring An Enforcement Action On Behalf Of The State Department Of Health Or The State Board Of Medical Licensure; To Provide That Nothing In The Act Creates Or Recognizes A Right To An Abortion; To Provide That The Provisions Of This Act Are Severable; And For Related Purposes.

Life Equality Act of 2020; enact.

Sen. Jennifer Branning [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2811.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2811IN.htm