H. B. 2923
(By Delegates Boggs and Faircloth)
[Introduced February 10, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two-f, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section ten, relating
to allowing hospitals to perform abortions only if the
mother's life is in imminent danger.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two-f, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON
UNEMANCIPATED MINORS.
§16-2F-10. Hospital may only perform abortions if the life of the mother is in imminent danger.
A hospital may not be required to perform any abortion, except
in cases when the life of the mother is in imminent danger.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
allow hospitals to
perform abortions only if the mother's life is in imminent danger.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.