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HB2456: Information about anesthesia for fetuses; doctors required to offer.
Chief Patron
Del.
Ben Cline (R-24)
Ben Cline
(R-24)
Amherst, VA
Served: 2002–
Progress
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Anesthesia for fetuses. Requires doctors to offer to anesthetize a fetus prior to abortion and to include in informational materials a statement that a fetus at 20 gestational weeks has the physical structures necessary to feel pain and react to physical stimuli in a manner that, in an infant or adult, would be interpreted as a response to pain.
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Poll Results
2 votes
