Vetoed by Governor Steve Bullock

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits abortion of a fetus capable of feeling pain, which the bill specifies to be at least 20 weeks after fertilization, except for in the event of a medical emergency.

Highlights:

• Prohibits abortion of a fetus capable of feeling pain, except for in the event of a medical emergency (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that a fetus is capable of feeling pain when it has been determined by a medical practitioner to have a post-fertilization age of at least 20 weeks (Sec. 3).

• Requires that in cases of medical emergency a physician perform the abortion using the method that provides the great likelihood of survival for the fetus unless such method would pose greater risk to the patient than any other (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that any person who knowingly performs, induces, or attempts an abortion in violation of this bill is guilty of a felony (Sec. 4).

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