2019 Senate Bill 229

Ban “dismemberment abortion”

Introduced in the Senate

March 19, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Tom Barrett (R-24)

To include “dismemberment abortion” in the acts specified in the state’s ban against late-term “partial birth” abortions. The bill defines this as deliberately and intentionally using an instrument to “dismember a living fetus by disarticulating limbs or decapitating the head from the fetal torso and removing the dismembered fetal body parts from the uterus.” Unless it is to save the life of the mother, providers who perform the procedure would be liable to two years in prison and a $50,000 fine; a woman who seeks or obtains an abortion would have no criminal or civil liability.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

May 14, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Passed in the Senate 22 to 16 (details)

Received in the House

May 14, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary