Summary Date: 1997, January 27th
Extensive Bill Information from the 55th Legislature Found at: <http://leginfo.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/house/1025-1049/>
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
SPONSORS: Representatives Sterk; Mulliken; Koster; Johnson; Thompson; D. Sommers; Boldt; Sheahan; Sherstad; Carrell; Bush; Smith; Chandler; D. Schmidt; Backlund
SUMMARY as of 1/27/97:
Provides that no person may intentionally perform an abortion with
knowledge that the pregnant woman is in her third trimester or that her
unborn child is a viable fetus unless the abortion is necessary to prevent
the death of either the pregnant woman or her unborn child under circumstances
where every reasonable effort is made to preserve the life of each. Makes
a violation of this prohibition a class C felony. Provides that no person
may intentionally perform a partial-birth abortion and thereby terminate
the life of a human fetus. Makes a violation of this prohibition a class
C felony and provides for monetary damages.
HB 1031-S - DIGEST as of 1/27/97:
Provides that no person may intentionally perform a partial-birth
abortion and thereby terminate the life of a human fetus. Makes a violation
of this prohibition a class C felony and provides for monetary damages.