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IN HB1134
Bill
Status
1/9/2017
Primary Sponsor
Curt Nisly
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AI Summary
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Repeals all statutes authorizing and regulating abortion in Indiana, effective July 1, 2017.
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Establishes that human physical life begins at fertilization and asserts a compelling state interest in protecting human life from that moment forward.
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Redefines "human being" in the criminal code to include any individual with human physical life, regardless of birth status.
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Creates new Article 16-50 establishing Indiana's legal authority to protect life from fertilization, drawing from the Tenth Amendment, Ninth Amendment, and Declaration of Independence.
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Makes conforming changes to criminal statutes regarding murder, manslaughter, and fetal injury to apply protection at the moment of fertilization rather than viability.
Legislative Description
Protection of life. Repeals the statutes authorizing and regulating abortion. Finds that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Asserts a compelling state interest in protecting human physical life from the moment that human physical life begins. Redefines "human being" for purposes of the criminal code to conform to the finding that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm. Makes other conforming changes.
Last Action
Representatives Judy and Morris added as coauthors
1/23/2017