Maine LD682: An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions

What the bill says

An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions" Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the following: 'Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1598, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 416, §3 and reallocated by RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. A, §8, is amended to read: 1-B. Abortion after viability. After viability, an abortion may be performed only when the fetus is diagnosed by a physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36 or with a lethal fetal anomaly or it is medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother in the professional judgment of a the physician licensed purs.

From the introduced text:

An Act to Amend Certain Laws Regarding Abortions" Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the following: 'Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1598, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 416, §3 and reallocated by RR 2023, c. 1, Pt. A, §8, is amended to read: 1-B. Abortion after viability. After viability, an abortion may be performed only when the fetus is diagnosed by a physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36 or with a lethal fetal anomaly or it is medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother in the professional judgment of a the physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36 or 48. The physician shall apply the applicable standard of care in making a professional judgment under this subsection. Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1598, sub-§2, ¶A-1 is enacted to read: A-1. "Lethal fetal anomaly" means a fetal condition diagnosed before birth that, if the pregnancy results in a live birth, will, with reasonable certainty, result in the death of the child not more than 3 months after birth.' Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 and 6 and inserting the following: 'Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §1598, sub-§3, ¶C is enacted to read: C. A person not licensed as required by paragraph A who …

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Sponsors

• David Haggan (R, 10) · primary sponsor
• Susan Bernard (R, 1)