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IN HB1097
Bill
Status
1/11/2018
Primary Sponsor
Curt Nisly
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AI Summary
HB 1097 Summary
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Repeals all Indiana statutes authorizing and regulating abortion, effective July 1, 2018.
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Establishes that human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by human sperm and asserts a compelling state interest in protecting that life from fertilization forward.
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Redefines "human being" in the criminal code to include individuals with human physical life regardless of whether they have been born.
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Repeals abortion clinic licensing and regulatory requirements while maintaining regulations for hospitals, ambulatory outpatient surgical centers, and birthing centers.
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Creates new Article 50 ("The Protection of Life") asserting Indiana's constitutional authority to protect human life from conception and declaring any federal law that fails to protect this right is null and unenforceable in Indiana.
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
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/11/2018