Amendment SA1-AB220

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 ASSEMBLY BILL 220

March 26, 1998 - Offered by Senators Wineke, Risser, Jauch and Moore.

AB220-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB220-SA1,1,3 1. Page 2, line 1: on page 2 of the material inserted by assembly amendment 3, after line 14 insert:

AB220-SA1,1,4 " Section 1m. 939.52 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB220-SA1,1,6 939.52 (1) (intro.)  Except as provided in ss. 940.16 (4), 946.86 and 946.87, forfeitures in chs. 939 to 951 are classified as follows:".

AB220-SA1,1,7 2. Page 3, line 6: delete lines 6 to 12 and substitute:

AB220-SA1,1,9 "(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may intentionally perform a partial-birth abortion.

AB220-SA1,1,12 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is performed after a physician certifies that continuation of the pregnancy does any of the following:

AB220-SA1,1,13 (a) Threatens the woman's life.

AB220-SA1,2,6 (b) Risks injury to the woman's physical health either from a severely debilitating disease or impairment caused by the pregnancy or because the pregnancy creates an inability to provide necessary treatment for a life-threatening condition. This paragraph does not apply to any condition that cannot be medically diagnosed or to any condition for which termination of pregnancy is not medically indicated.

AB220-SA1,2,9 (4) Any person who violates sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not more than $100,000 for a first offense and not more than $200,000 for a 2nd or subsequent offense.".

AB220-SA1,2,10 (End)