VA SB637 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-02 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 7-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-02 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 7-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The act, created in new Article 9.1 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. The prohibition is predicated on the assertion that a fetus is capable of feeling pain at 20 weeks. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks gestation, the physician is required to terminate the pregnancy in a manner that would provide the unborn child the best opportunity to survive. The bill punishes an abortion in violation of the article as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for civil remedies against a physician who performs an abortion in violation of the article.
Title
Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; created, penalty.
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Black [R] | Sen. Charles Carrico [R] | Del. Thomas Garrett [R] | Sen. Jeffrey McWaters [R] |
Sen. Mark Obenshain [R] | Sen. Frank Ruff [R] | Sen. Ralph Smith [R] | Sen. William Stanley [R] |
Roll Calls
2012-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 7-N 1-A) (Y: 7 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-02-02 | Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 7-N 1-A) | |
2012-01-20 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health | |
2012-01-20 | Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12103901D |