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House panel advances conscience-protection bill for medical providers after amendment
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 232 "ought to pass" as amended, adopting a replace‑all amendment that narrows the measure to conscience protections tied to abortion care and reduces the damages provisions.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 232 "ought to pass" as amended, adopting a replace‑all amendment that narrows the measure to conscience protections tied to abortion care and reduces damages language.
Representative Pedernal, the amendment sponsor, said the rewrite "removes sterilization and artificial contraception from the original bill" and "changes the definition of abortion to the same one currently in New Hampshire statute under the fetal life protection act," and argued the changes would make the bill more palatable and…
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