Jeff Hoover voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability
Signed by Governor Matt Bevin
Title: Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability
Title: Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability
A vote to pass a bill that prohibits the abortion of an unborn child on the basis of their gender, race, or disability.
Prohibits all abortions procedures based on sex, race, national origin, or disability diagnoses (Sec. 1).
Specifies that disability does not include lethal fetal anomalies and defines “disabilities” as the following, including, but is not limited to (Sec. 1):
Physical, mental, or intellectual disabilities;
Physical disfigurement, or a physical or mental disease; and
Albinism, dwarfism, or scoliosis.
Excludes abortions in cases of medical emergencies (Sec. 1).
Requires physicians to certify in writing whether they had any knowledge the individual seeking the abortion was doing so due to any specified restricted reasoning (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a physician’s medical license following violation of this bill (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to revoke the medical licenses of abortion facilities that fail to comply with this bill (Sec. 1).
Specifies that any physicians or individuals who fail to comply with this bill are liable to civil action for compensation and punitive damages to the unborn fetus (Sec. 1).
Classifies any violation of this bill as a Class D felony (Sec. 4).
Title: Prohibits Abortion Based On Race, Gender, Or Disability