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AK HB34

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2009

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Dahlstrom

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Origin

House of Representatives

26th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends AS 18.16.050(c) to redefine "partial-birth abortion" as a procedure in which a person deliberately and intentionally partially vaginally delivers a living fetus for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the fetus, then performs that overt act other than completion of delivery.

  • Defines "partially vaginally delivers" as bringing about delivery of a fetus through the mother's vagina that causes the entire fetal head to be outside the mother's body in head-first presentation cases.

  • For breech presentation, defines partial vaginal delivery as any part of the fetal trunk past the navel being outside the mother's body.

  • Removes language requiring that the fetus be killed and delivery completed before the specified body parts are outside the mother's body.

Legislative Description

Partial-birth Abortion

Physicians

Last Action

REFERRED TO HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

1/20/2009

Committee Referrals

Health & Social Services1/20/2009

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