Senate Bill No. 526
(By Senators Love, Dempsey, Weeks, Smith and Guills)
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[Introduced February 13, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section eight-a,
relating to making
it illegal to transport a minor across
state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent from
both parents; and providing for a penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eight-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-8a. Transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion;
penalty.
If any person transports a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion, without the written consent of both parents or the
legal guardians of the minor
, the person shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
confined in the county or regional jail not more than six months,
or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it illegal to
transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without
written consent by both parents, or the legal guardians of the
minor, and providing for a penalty.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.