Rhode Island HB 5865: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT (Creates the Rhode Island Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, prohibiting the performance or induction of an abortion of an unborn child capable of feeling pain, unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother. Eff 1/1/21)

Status: 04/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study (as of 2021-04-09)

State: Rhode Island · Session: 2021 · Bill: HB 5865

Subjects: Abortion, Children and Families, Health & Safety, Minors

Sponsors: Chippendale, Nardone, Place, Quattrocchi

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