PRINTER'S NO. 283
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
320
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, STAMBAUGH, ROSSI, OWLETT, FEE, HAMM,
D'ORSIE, KAUFFMAN, MOUL, LEADBETER, FINK, PICKETT, ROAE,
ZIMMERMAN, B. MILLER, GLEIM, M. BROWN, ROWE, GILLEN, SMITH,
SCHEMEL AND KEEFER, MARCH 13, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 13, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for
legislative intent, providing for fetal heartbeat examination
and further providing for medical consultation and judgment,
for abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational
age and for reporting.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3202(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 3202. Legislative intent.
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(b) Conclusions.--Reliable and convincing evidence has
compelled the General Assembly to conclude and the General
Assembly does hereby solemnly declare and find that:
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(6) The following:
(i) Fetal heartbeat has become a key medical
predictor that an unborn individual will reach live
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