HF 1058 Summary

• Prohibits saline amniocentesis abortions, defined as a procedure where saline solution is inserted into the amniotic sac to kill the unborn child and induce labor.

• Establishes exceptions when a physician determines in certified professional judgment that the abortion is necessary to save the mother's life from physical disorder, illness, or injury, including life-endangering conditions caused by pregnancy.

• Makes performing, inducing, or attempting to perform a prohibited abortion a felony; attempting such abortion is also a felony.

• Grants standing to bring civil injunctions and lawsuits to the attorney general, county attorneys, affected women, parents of minors, and fathers of the unborn child; excludes women on whom the abortion was performed from liability and fines.

• Establishes civil penalties for violating injunctions: $10,000 for first violation, $50,000 for second, $100,000 for third, and amounts exceeding $100,000 for subsequent violations; allows $10,000 in punitive damages plus treble actual damages in civil suits.