HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2921 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2288
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sheila C. Harrington
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to unborn children.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex | 1/20/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 3/14/2018 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 3/14/2018 |
Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 3/14/2018 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2921 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2288
By Mrs. Harrington of Groton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2288) of Sheila C. Harrington and others relative to the use of anesthesia on a fetus prior to an abortion. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act relative to unborn children.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 12M the following section:-
Section 12M½. For the purpose of preventing fetal pain, no physician shall perform an abortion unless the physician anesthetizes the fetus; except in the following circumstances: (i) in the reasonable clinical judgment of the physician, such administration of anesthesia to the fetus would cause serious risk to the life of the mother; (ii) in the reasonable clinical judgment of the physician, such administration of anesthesia to the fetus would cause serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the mother; (iii) in the reasonable clinical judgment of the physician, the pregnancy has not yet reached 20 weeks gestation; or (iv) the mother directs that anesthesia not be administered to the fetus.