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Committee approves criminal offense for coerced chemical abortion by fraud after survivor testimony
Summary
House Bill 1551, as amended, creates a class B felony for knowingly administering abortion-inducing drugs to a pregnant woman without her knowledge or consent; the bill passed the committee after a victim’s testimony and medical expert statements.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 1551, as amended, creating the offense of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud. Under the amendment approved by the committee, a person who knowingly administers or gives an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman without her knowledge or consent, with the purpose of causing an abortion, would commit a class B felony (five to 20 years in prison).
Sponsor Representative Jimmy Gazzaway said the…
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