
PRINTER'S NO. 1563
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1500
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KLUNK, RAPP, BERNSTINE, BOROWICZ, DIAMOND, ECKER,
FEE, FRITZ, GILLEN, GLEIM, GREINER, GROVE, HAMM, HEFFLEY,
HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES, JONES, KAIL, KAUFFMAN, KERWIN,
KNOWLES, KULIK, LEWIS DELROSSO, MERCURI, METCALFE, B. MILLER,
MIZGORSKI, MOUL, E. NELSON, O'NEAL, OBERLANDER, ORTITAY,
OWLETT, PENNYCUICK, PICKETT, ROAE, ROTHMAN, ROWE, RYAN,
SANKEY, SAYLOR, SCHEMEL, SCHMITT, STAATS, STAMBAUGH,
TOMLINSON, TOPPER, TWARDZIK, WENTLING AND ZIMMERMAN,
MAY 19, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 19, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for
definitions, for medical consultation and judgment and for
reporting.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3203 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 3203. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Down syndrome." A chromosome disorder associated with an
extra chromosome 21, in whole or in part, or an effective
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