Information about anesthesia for fetuses; doctors required to offer. (HB2456)
Introduced By
Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst) with support from co-patron Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2007 | Committee |
| 01/09/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 074691268 |
| 01/09/2007 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/03/2007 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2007 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/06/2007 | Read third time and passed House (69-Y 29-N) |
| 02/06/2007 | Communicated to Senate |
| 02/07/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/07/2007 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/15/2007 | Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |