Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1336
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-34-1-3.5.
Synopsis: Abortion ban at IU Hospital and teaching facilities.
Prohibits Indiana University hospital and other medical education
facilities from performing abortions except under specified
circumstances.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 15, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1336
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 16-34-1-3.5; (13)IN1336.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 16-34-1-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2013]:
Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana University
hospitals" refers to the hospitals described in IC 16-23.5-3-1.
(b) As used in this section, "medical center" includes a hospital
building or complex of buildings in which medical education,
internship programs, medical research, paramedical training, and
any related or equivalent activities are systematically carried on in
addition to the usual functions of a hospital.
(c) No medical center or Indiana University hospital may
perform an abortion as part of the operations or educational
programs of the medical center or Indiana University hospital
except under the following circumstances:
(1) The abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the
pregnant woman.
(2) The abortion is necessary to prevent a substantial and
irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the
pregnant woman.
(3) In the case of a verified reported act of rape or incest.