PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 2614
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2252
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, KAUFFMAN, PICKETT, STAMBAUGH, HAMM,
GREINER, BERNSTINE, RYAN, ROTHMAN, METCALFE, KERWIN,
PENNYCUICK, ROAE, JOZWIAK, BROOKS, DIAMOND, MAJOR, ROSSI,
B. MILLER, GLEIM, KLUNK, WHEELAND, M. MACKENZIE, E. NELSON,
RIGBY, SAYLOR, JAMES, STRUZZI, DAVANZO, COX, O'NEAL, FEE,
HICKERNELL, KEEFER, OWLETT, CAUSER, RAPP, SCHEMEL, FRITZ,
KAIL, GROVE, CUTLER, HERSHEY, SMITH, MOUL, BOROWICZ, KNOWLES,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, TOPPER, HELM, ROWE, STAATS, MALONEY, COOK,
SILVIS, BOBACK, ZIMMERMAN, TWARDZIK, WENTLING, ECKER, FLOOD,
MARSHALL AND MUSTELLO, JANUARY 20, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 20, 2022
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
providing that there is no right to abortion or funding for
an abortion.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 28.1. Abortion.
The policy of Pennsylvania is to protect the life of every
unborn child from conception to birth, to the extent permitted
by the Constitution of the United States. Nothing in this
Constitution grants or secures any right relating to abortion or
the public funding of abortion. Nothing in this Constitution
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requires taxpayer funding of abortion.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
(c) If the proposed constitutional amendment receives second
passage, the General Assembly has prepared the ballot question
to be placed on the ballot. It has done so because the language
of the amendment itself is short and clear, and any rewording or
commentary would only add confusion. Therefore, the General
Assembly directs the Secretary of the Commonwealth to place the
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proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in the following
form:
Should the Pennsylvania constitution be amended to say
the following?
"The policy of Pennsylvania is to protect the life of
every unborn child from conception to birth, to the
extent permitted by the Constitution of the United
States. Nothing in this Constitution grants or secures
any right relating to abortion or the public funding of
abortion. Nothing in this Constitution requires taxpayer
funding of abortion."
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