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Committee adds clarifying language to Human Life Protection Act provisions and advances bill 8-0
Summary
Lawmakers added language the sponsor said clarifies when serious medical conditions may meet the Human Life Protection Act's exception for substantial and irreversible impairment and sent the bill to full committee unanimously.
The Population Health Subcommittee adopted clarifying language intended to define medical conditions that could meet the Human Life Protection Act’s exception for a “serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function,” and moved the measure to the full Health Committee on an 8-0 vote.
Sponsor Chairman Terry said the amendment provides examples —…
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