HB0117 • 2023

Abortion amendments.

AN ACT relating to abortion; specifying that no abortion shall be performed after the fetus has reached viability; providing exceptions; clarifying the prohibition of the use of appropriated funds for abortion; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

Abortion Healthcare

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Yin
Last action: 2023-02-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details on the bill's summary or digest, so some parts of the candidate explanation could not be verified beyond what is explicitly stated in the bill text.

Abortion Amendments

This act sets rules about when abortions can be performed and limits the use of state funds for them.

What This Bill Does

It says that after a fetus is able to survive outside the womb, no abortion should happen unless it's needed to save the mother’s life or health.
It allows exceptions if the pregnancy resulted from incest or sexual assault reported within five days.
It stops state money from being used for abortions except in cases of incest and timely-reported sexual assault or when carrying the baby would endanger the mother’s life.

Who It Names or Affects

Doctors who perform abortions
Women seeking abortions

Terms To Know

viability: The point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb with medical help.
appropriated funds: Money given by the government for specific uses.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill is marked as inactive, meaning it won't move forward in this session.
It does not specify what happens if a woman's health is endangered after viability but before an emergency situation arises.

Bill History

2023-02-07 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2023-02-07 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-01-25 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2023-01-12 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0044
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0044
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0117

Abortion amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Yin, Provenza and Sherwood and Senator(s) Gierau and Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to abortion; specifying that no abortion shall be performed after the fetus has reached viability; providing exceptions; clarifying the prohibition of the use of appropriated funds for abortion; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 35
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102 by creating a new subsection (d) and 35
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117 by creating a new subsection (c) are amended to read:

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102.

Abortion restrictions; exception.

(d)

An abortion shall not be performed after the embryo or fetus has reached viability except when necessary to preserve the woman from an imminent peril that substantially endangers her life or health, according to appropriate medical judgment, or if the pregnancy is the result of incest as defined by W.S. 6
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402 or sexual assault as defined by W.S. 6
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301.

35
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117.

Use of appropriated funds for abortion prohibited; exceptions.

(c)

No funds appropriated by the legislature of the state of Wyoming shall be used to pay for abortions except when the pregnancy is the result of incest as defined by W.S. 6
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402 or sexual assault as defined by W.S. 6
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301 if the assault is reported to a law enforcement agency within five (5) days after the assault or within five (5) days after the time the victim is capable of reporting the assault, or when the life of the mother would be endangered if the unborn child was carried to full term.

Section 2.

W.S. 35
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102(b) and (c) and 35
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117(b) are repealed.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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