House Amendment 58
S 474 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Abortion - Fetal Heartbeat
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Reps. King and Bamberg propose the following amendment (LC-474.DG0083H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 44-41-610(8) and inserting:

(8) "Medical emergency" means  a condition that, by any in reasonable medical judgment, a condition exists that has complicated the pregnant woman's medical condition and necessitates an abortion to prevent death or a so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman that it necessitates the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death without first determining whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat or for which the delay necessary to determine whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat will create serious risk of a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions. A condition must not be considered a medical emergency if based on a claim or diagnosis that a woman will engage in conduct that she intends to result in her death or in a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.