Key Votes
HB 329 - Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors - Key Vote
New Hampshire Key Votes
Stages
- June 22, 2011 Senate Veto Override Passed
- June 22, 2011 House Veto Override Passed
- June 16, 2011 Executive Vetoed
- May 25, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- March 16, 2011 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 21, 2011 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Passed (Senate) (17-7) - June 22, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to override a veto of a bill that prohibits any abortion provider from performing an abortion on an unemancipated minor without giving 48 hours' written notice to a parent or guardian, effective January 1, 2012.
Highlights:
-Defines "abortion" as the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy or the products from a spontaneous miscarriage (Sec. 132:32).
-Defines "minor" as any person under the age of 18 years (Sec. 132:32).
-Exempts an abortion provider from having to provide notification to a parent or guardian prior performing an abortion on an unemancipated minor if the provider certifies in the pregnant minor's medical record that a medical emergency exists and there is insufficient time to provide the required notice (Sec. 132:34).
-Defines "medical emergency" as a condition that, on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death, or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function (Sec. 132:32).
-Establishes that an abortion conducted in violation of this bill shall be a misdemeanor and shall be grounds for a civil action by a person parent or guardian who was denied proper notification (Sec. 132.35).
Note:
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.
Legislation - Veto Override Passed (House) (266-102) - June 22, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to override a veto of a bill that prohibits any abortion provider from performing an abortion on an unemancipated minor without giving 48 hours' written notice to a parent or guardian, effective January 1, 2012.
Highlights:
-Defines "abortion" as the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy or the products from a spontaneous miscarriage (Sec. 132:32).
-Defines "minor" as any person under the age of 18 years (Sec. 132:32).
-Exempts an abortion provider from having to provide notification to a parent or guardian prior performing an abortion on an unemancipated minor if the provider certifies in the pregnant minor's medical record that a medical emergency exists and there is insufficient time to provide the required notice (Sec. 132:34).
-Defines "medical emergency" as a condition that, on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death, or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function (Sec. 132:32).
-Establishes that an abortion conducted in violation of this bill shall be a misdemeanor and shall be grounds for a civil action by a person parent or guardian who was denied proper notification (Sec. 132.35).
Note:
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - June 16, 2011
Vetoed by Governor John Lynch
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (17-7) - May 25, 2011
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (256-102) - March 16, 2011
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 21, 2011
Title: Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- John S. 'Jack' Barnes Jr. (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Bates (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Cebrowski (NH - R)
- Warren Groen (NH - R)
- Fenton Groen (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lawrence 'Mike' Kappler (NH - R)
- Joseph F. 'Joe' Krasucki (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Keith Murphy (NH - R)
- Jim Parison (NH - R)
- Carl W. Seidel (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ray White (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
