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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 591 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HUDSON. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2323S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To repeal section 1.205, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to unborn |
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| 9 | 9 | | children. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Section 1.205, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 1.205, 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.205. 1. The general assembly of this state finds 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | that: 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) The life of each human being begins at conception; 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) Unborn children have protectable int erests in 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | life, health, and well -being and are entitled to the same 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | rights, powers, privileges, justice, and protections as are 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | secured or granted by the laws of this state to any other 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | human person; 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) The natural parents of unborn children hav e 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | protectable interests in the life, health, and well -being of 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | their unborn child. 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2. Effective January 1, 1988, the laws of this state 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the unborn child at every stage of development, all the 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | rights, privileges, and immunities available to other 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | persons, citizens, and residents of this state, subject only 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to the Constitution of the United States, and decisional 17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | interpretations thereof by the United States Supreme Court 18 SB 591 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and specific provisions to the contrary in the statutes and 19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | constitution of this state. 20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3. As used in this section, the term "unborn children" 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or "unborn child" shall include all unborn child or children 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | or the offspring of human beings from the moment of 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | conception until birth at every stage of biological 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | development. 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as 26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | creating a cause of action against a woman for indirectly 27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | harming her unborn child by failing to properly care for 28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | herself or by failing to follow any particular program of 29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | prenatal care. 30 |
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