AMENDMENT FOR SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ENGROSSED BILL
1191of
___________________ moved that HB 1191 be amended as follows:
On the previously adopted amendment (1191ry), delete Section 6, insert:
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Section 6. That chapter
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be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
No person may knowingly administer to, prescribe for, or procure for, or sell to any pregnant
woman any medicine, drug, or other substance with the specific intent of causing or abetting the
termination of the life of an unborn human being unless it is necessary to preserve the life of the
pregnant woman, or if there is a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major
bodily function of the pregnant woman. No person may knowingly use or employ any instrument or
procedure upon a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of
the life of an unborn human being unless it is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman,
or if there is a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of
the pregnant woman.
Any violation of this section is a Class 5 felony.".
On the previously adopted amendment (1191ry), in Section 8, after "pregnant mother" insert "or
a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant
woman".
On the previously adopted amendment (1191ry), in Section 9, after subdivision (2), insert:
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(3) "Serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,"
any medically diagnosed condition that so complicates the pregnancy of the woman as to
directly or indirectly cause the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of the
pregnant woman;"
On the previously adopted amendment (1191ry), in Section 9, delete "(3)" and insert "(4)".