H. B. 4496


(By Delegate Trump)

[Introduced February 16, 2004 ; referred to the

Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-42-9, relating to requiring a woman, prior to an abortion, to have a pregnancy test administered at the facility where the abortion is to be performed, and the pregnancy test results must be confirmed prior to the abortion; and penalty.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-42-9, to read as follows:
 ARTICLE 42. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACT.
§33-42-9. Pregnancy test required at facility where abortion to be performed; penalty.
 (a) No abortion may be performed upon a woman before a pregnancy test has been administered in the medical facility where the abortion is to be performed and the pregnancy test results have been confirmed prior to the abortion.
(b) The West Virginia board of medicine shall revoke the licence of any physician violating the provisions of this section for a period of not less than ten years.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a woman, prior to an abortion, to have a pregnancy test administered at the facility where the abortion is to be performed, and the pregnancy test results must be confirmed prior to the abortion.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.