H. B. 3187
(By Delegates Rodighiero, Stephens, Reynolds,
Ellis, Craig and Shook)
[Introduced February 22, 2007; 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 §16-2F-8a, relating
to requiring facilities providing abortions to obtain parental
notification or consent in writing by the parent or by a
notarized parental notification or consent form; and providing
penalties.
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 §16-2F-8a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON
UNEMANCIPATED MINORS.
§16-2F-8a. Parental notification requirements; penalties.
Any abortion-related parental notification or consent required
in this article or in this code shall be provided in writing by the parent at the facility where the abortion is performed, or it shall
be notarized before presented to the facility. Failure to comply
with the terms of this section shall result in a fine against the
facility providing the abortion in an amount of ten times the cost
of the abortion in question for the first offense, and for any
second or subsequent offense, the facility shall be closed for a
period of thirty days.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or
interpreted to endorse, allow, permit or approve of any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require facilities
providing abortions to obtain parental notification or consent in
writing by the parent or by a notarized signature of the parent;
and providing a fine on the first offense of ten times the amount
of the abortion and upon a subsequent offense closure of the
facility for thirty days.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.