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Committee advances revision to abortion-trafficking statute to narrow language after court concerns
Summary
The committee sent S 1370 to the floor after sponsors said the bill (developed with the Attorney General's Office) removes the word "recruiting" from the abortion-trafficking provision so courts can focus on conduct; the motion passed by voice vote with one recorded nay.
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved a do-pass recommendation for S 1370 after sponsors said the bill would revise the abortion-trafficking statute to avoid constitutional problems identified by the Ninth Circuit.
Senator Lakey told the committee he worked with the Attorney General's Office to draft the change. The legislation would remove the word "recruiting" from the current code provision so courts can focus on actual conduct rather than statutory wording, the sponsor said. Senator Den Hartog moved to send S 1370 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation; Senator Anthon seconded the motion. The motion carried by voice vote with Senator Shippy recorded as voting nay.
Minutes do not record a roll-call tally beyond the single nay that was noted. The change was presented as a technical revision intended to address the Ninth Circuit's earlier ruling about the statute's wording; the committee forwarded the bill to the full Senate.
