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Committee advances bill creating felony for coercing someone to take abortion-inducing drug
Summary
House Bill 1551, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Gilmore, creates criminal penalties for coercing someone by fraud or force to take an abortion-inducing drug, with a class C felony generally and class B if the gestational age exceeds three months; the committee approved the bill by voice vote.
Senator Gilmore presented House Bill 1551 to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the committee approved the measure by voice vote.
Gilmore said the bill creates a criminal offense for coercing someone, by means of fraud, to take an abortion-inducing drug. The bill as described on the record establishes a class C felony and elevates the offense to a class B felony if the gestational age of the fetus is more than three months. Gilmore said the bill was prompted by a case he described in which a victim alleged a partner surreptitiously put a drug into her drink.
Committee members heard no public testimony during the session. The committee moved and passed the bill by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript.
