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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, Tanzi, Walsh, Naughton, and Ruggiero | |
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Date Introduced: January 05, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Title 23 of the General Laws entitled "HEALTH AND SAFETY" is hereby |
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amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
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CHAPTER 4.13 |
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GOVERNMENT NONINTERFERENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE |
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23-4.13-1. Noninterference in reproductive health care. -- (a) Neither the state nor |
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any of its political subdivisions shall interfere with a woman’s personal decision to prevent, |
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commence or continue a pregnancy or to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, nor shall |
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the state or any of its political subdivisions interfere in the third trimester of the pregnancy if such |
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termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. Nor shall the state or any of |
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its political subdivisions restrict the use of medically appropriate methods of contraception or |
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abortion or the manner in which medically appropriate contraception or abortion is provided. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, “fetal viability” means that stage when, in the medical |
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judgment of the attending physician, based on the particular facts of the case before the physician, |
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there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus’s sustained survival outside the womb. |
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(c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the parental consent provisions of |
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section 23-4.7-6; or the protection for non participation as afforded under section 23-17-11. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE | |
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This act would prohibit the state from interfering with certain personal decisions of a |
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woman regarding pregnancy, including her decision to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal |
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viability or at any time if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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