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Senate panel approves bill clarifying medical-emergency language for pregnant patients
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to pass House Bill 1610, which narrows the statute's language to clarify when termination of pregnancy is allowed to preserve a pregnant woman's life.
House Bill 1610, which revises the definition of "medical emergency" as it applies to pregnant patients, cleared the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee after brief discussion on procedural language and physician judgment.
The bill, presented to the committee by Sen. Jimmy Hickey, would replace the term "abortion" in certain code sections with the broader "termination of a pregnancy" and add a definition of "reasonable medical judgment." Hickey told the committee the change is intended so "doctors acting in good faith would…
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