AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
72sb

___________________ moved that SB 72 be amended as follows:


    On page 7, after line 17 of the printed bill, insert:

"    Section 10. That § 34-23A-4 be amended to read:

    34-23A-4. An abortion may be performed following the twelfth week of pregnancy and through the twenty-fourth up to the twentieth week of pregnancy by a physician only in a hospital licensed under the provisions of chapter 34-12 or in a hospital operated by the United States, this state, or any department, agency, or political subdivision of either or in the case of hospital facilities not being available, in the licensed physician's medical clinic or office of practice subject to the requirements of § 34-23A-6.

    Section 11. That § 34-23A-5 be amended to read:

    34-23A-5. An abortion may be performed following the twenty-fourth twentieth week of pregnancy by a physician only in a hospital authorized under § 34-23A-4 and only if there is appropriate and reasonable medical judgment that performance of an abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother due to a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother.".