PRINTER'S NO. 3034
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2050
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, WARD, DOWLING, RAPP, READSHAW, BARBIN,
BAKER, BERNSTINE, BLOOM, BOBACK, BURNS, CAUSER, P. COSTA,
COX, CUTLER, DIAMOND, DUSH, ELLIS, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, FEE,
FRITZ, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GREINER, GROVE, HEFFLEY, HELM,
HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, PHILLIPS-HILL, IRVIN, KAUFFMAN,
KAVULICH, F. KELLER, KLUNK, KNOWLES, KULIK, LAWRENCE,
MALONEY, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGINNIS, MENTZER, METCALFE,
B. MILLER, MURT, NELSON, NESBIT, OBERLANDER, ORTITAY,
PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, REED, REESE, ROAE, ROE, ROTHMAN,
RYAN, SACCONE, SAYLOR, SCHEMEL, STAATS, TALLMAN, TOPPER,
WALSH, WARNER, WATSON, WENTLING, WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN,
BENNINGHOFF, MAHER AND KORTZ, FEBRUARY 26, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 26, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for
definitions and for medical consultation and judgment.
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
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