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Bill H.515 187th (2011 - 2012)

An Act updating the laws to protect women's health

By Representatives Story of Amherst and Rushing of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 515) of Ellen Story and others for legislation to further regulate the performance of abortions and protecting women’s reproductive health. The Judiciary.

Sponsors:	Ellen Story Byron Rushing
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SECTION 1. Section 12Q of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

Except in an emergency requiring immediate action, no abortion may be performed under section 12L or 12M unless the written consent of the proper person has been delivered to the physician performing the abortion as set forth in section 12S.

SECTION 2. Section 19 of chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Section 20 of said chapter 272 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. Section 21 of said chapter 272 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. Section 21A of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 2, 4 and 8 the word “married”.

Actions for Bill H.515
Date	Branch	Action
1/24/2011	House	Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
1/24/2011	Senate	Senate concurred
9/29/2011	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 10/05/2011 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
4/11/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Friday, April 27, 2012
4/12/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
5/30/2012	House	Rules suspended
5/30/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Friday, June 8, 2012
6/6/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
6/28/2012	House	Rules suspended
6/28/2012	House	Reporting date extended to Tuesday, July 31, 2012
7/19/2012	Senate	Senate concurred
7/31/2012	House	Accompanied a study order, see H4364

Petitioners: Ellen Story, Byron Rushing, Denise Provost, Gailanne M. Cariddi, Alice K. Wolf, Denise Andrews, Benjamin Swan, David M. Torrisi, Susan C. Fargo, Sarah K. Peake, James J. O'Day, Carolyn C. Dykema, Denise C. Garlick, Louis L. Kafka, Elizabeth A. Malia, Christine E. Canavan, Stephen Kulik, George T. Ross, Jay R. Kaufman, Carl M. Sciortino, Frank I. Smizik, Jason M. Lewis, Kay Khan, David P. Linsky, Jennifer E. Benson, Lori A. Ehrlich, Anne M. Gobi, Ruth B. Balser, Bradley H. Jones, Thomas P. Conroy, Cory Atkins, Peter V. Kocot, Michael J. Moran, Paul W. Mark, Aaron Michlewitz, John W. Scibak, Martha M. Walz, Paul N. Brodeur, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, William N. Brownsberger, Jonathan Hecht, Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, James B. Eldridge, Cleon H. Turner, John D. Keenan

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Bill H.515 187th (2011 - 2012)

An Act updating the laws to protect women's health

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