PRINTER'S NO. 718
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
733
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, DALEY, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, SANCHEZ,
SCHLOSSBERG, ISAACSON, SCHWEYER, HOHENSTEIN, BRADFORD,
SHUSTERMAN, RABB AND KINKEAD, MARCH 3, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 3, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for
Commonwealth interference prohibited.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3208.1 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3208.1. Commonwealth interference prohibited.
(a) Methods of contraception.--The Commonwealth shall not
interfere with the use of medically appropriate methods of
contraception or the manner in which medically appropriate
methods of contraception are provided.
(b) Other interference.--Notwithstanding any provision of
this title or any other law or regulation, the Commonwealth
shall not interfere with the right of an individual to choose or
obtain an abortion if:
(1) the individual's pregnancy has not progressed beyond
24 weeks; or
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(2) the individual's physician reasonably believes that
an abortion at any point beyond 24 weeks of pregnancy is
necessary to prevent the death of the individual or the
substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
function of the individual.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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