General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5220
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 283
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5220
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 283
*00283*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE TO PARENTS OF ABORTION PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON MINORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That sections 19a-600 and 19a-601 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit a medical provider from performing an abortion upon an unemancipated minor under eighteen years of age, unless the provider has given not less than forty-eight hours of actual notice of the intent to perform the abortion to at least one parent or legal guardian of the minor.
Statement of Purpose:
To establish parental notification requirements for abortion procedures performed on persons who are less than eighteen years of age.