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2004 SESSION

041229396
HOUSE BILL NO. 114
Offered January 14, 2004
Prefiled December 22, 2003
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to where an abortion must be performed.
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Patrons-- Marshall, R.G., Black and Cole
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-72 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-72. When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71, it shall be lawful for any physician licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine and surgery, to terminate or attempt to terminate a human pregnancy or aid or assist in the termination of a human pregnancy by performing an abortion or causing a miscarriage on any woman during the first trimester of pregnancy provided such procedure is performed in a hospital licensed by the State Department of Health or under the control of the State Board of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, or in a medical facility or clinic located no more than 15 highway miles from a hospital emergency room.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.