130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Passed by the House

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 351

REPRESENTATIVES LUEBBERS-JERSE-JORDAN-GARDNER-HARTNETT-BUEHRER- CALVERT-CALLENDER-JACOBSON-TIBERI-MYERS-ROMAN-WINKLER-KRUPINSKI- CLANCY-KREBS-NETZLEY-HOUSEHOLDER-CAREY-METZGER-HARRIS-MAIER- CATES-MOTTLEY-GRENDELL-FLANNERY-LOGAN-BRADING-TAYLOR-WILLAMOWSKI- HOOPS-TRAKAS-BUCHY-VERICH-YOUNG-SCHULER-VANVYVEN-AMSTUTZ-HOOD- SULZER-EVANS-DePIERO-JOLIVETTE-WILLIAMS-PADGETT-HAINES-STAPLETON- COUGHLIN-SCHURING-BATEMAN-AUSTRIA-KILBANE-CORE-SCHUCK- WOMERBENJAMIN-A.CORE-VESPER-DISTEL-PERRY-O'BRIEN- ASLANIDES


A BILL
To amend sections 2901.01 and 2903.09, to enact sections 2305.114, 2307.53, and 2919.151, and to repeal sections 2307.51 and 2919.15 of the Revised Code to create the offense of partial birth feticide, to allow specified persons to commence a civil action for partial birth feticide, and to repeal the prohibition against performing a dilation and extraction procedure on a pregnant woman and the related civil action.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 2901.01 and 2903.09 be amended and sections 2305.114, 2307.53, and 2919.151 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 2305.114. A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2307.53 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR PARTIAL BIRTH FETICIDE SHALL BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMMISSION OF THAT OFFENSE.

Sec. 2307.53. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

(1) "FRIVOLOUS CONDUCT" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2323.51 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(2) "PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2919.151 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) A WOMAN UPON WHOM A PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE IS PERFORMED IN VIOLATION OF DIVISION (B) OR (C) OF SECTION 2919.151 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE FATHER OF THE CHILD IF THE CHILD WAS NOT CONCEIVED BY RAPE, OR THE PARENT OF THE WOMAN IF THE WOMAN IS NOT EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION HAS AND MAY COMMENCE A CIVIL ACTION FOR COMPENSATORY DAMAGES, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IF AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 2315.21 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND COURT COSTS AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AGAINST THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THE VIOLATION.

(C) IF A JUDGMENT IS RENDERED IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL ACTION COMMENCED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND THE COURT FINDS, UPON THE FILING OF A MOTION UNDER SECTION 2323.51 OF THE REVISED CODE, THAT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL ACTION CONSTITUTES FRIVOLOUS CONDUCT AND THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE FRIVOLOUS CONDUCT, THE COURT SHALL AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2323.51 OF THE REVISED CODE REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES TO THE DEFENDANT.

Sec. 2901.01. (A) As used in the Revised Code:

(1) "Force" means any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any means upon or against a person or thing.

(2) "Deadly force" means any force that carries a substantial risk that it will proximately result in the death of any person.

(3) "Physical harm to persons" means any injury, illness, or other physiological impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration.

(4) "Physical harm to property" means any tangible or intangible damage to property that, in any degree, results in loss to its value or interferes with its use or enjoyment. "Physical harm to property" does not include wear and tear occasioned by normal use.

(5) "Serious physical harm to persons" means any of the following:

(a) Any mental illness or condition of such gravity as would normally require hospitalization or prolonged psychiatric treatment;

(b) Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death;

(c) Any physical harm that involves some permanent incapacity, whether partial or total, or that involves some temporary, substantial incapacity;

(d) Any physical harm that involves some permanent disfigurement or that involves some temporary, serious disfigurement;

(e) Any physical harm that involves acute pain of such duration as to result in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain.

(6) "Serious physical harm to property" means any physical harm to property that does either of the following:

(a) Results in substantial loss to the value of the property or requires a substantial amount of time, effort, or money to repair or replace;

(b) Temporarily prevents the use or enjoyment of the property or substantially interferes with its use or enjoyment for an extended period of time.

(7) "Risk" means a significant possibility, as contrasted with a remote possibility, that a certain result may occur or that certain circumstances may exist.

(8) "Substantial risk" means a strong possibility, as contrasted with a remote or significant possibility, that a certain result may occur or that certain circumstances may exist.

(9) "Offense of violence" means any of the following:

(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2917.01, 2917.02, 2917.03, 2917.31, 2919.25, 2921.03, 2921.04, 2921.34, or 2923.161, of division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of section 2911.12, or of division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;

(b) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States, substantially equivalent to any section, division, or offense listed in division (A)(9)(a) of this section;

(c) An offense, other than a traffic offense, under an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States, committed purposely or knowingly, and involving physical harm to persons or a risk of serious physical harm to persons;

(d) A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing, any offense under division (A)(9)(a), (b), or (c) of this section.

(10)(a) "Property" means any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, and any interest or license in that property. "Property" includes, but is not limited to, cable television service, other telecommunications service, telecommunications devices, information service, computers, data, computer software, financial instruments associated with computers, other documents associated with computers, or copies of the documents, whether in machine or human readable form, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, patents, and property protected by a trademark, copyright, or patent. "Financial instruments associated with computers" include, but are not limited to, checks, drafts, warrants, money orders, notes of indebtedness, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, bills of credit or debit cards, financial transaction authorization mechanisms, marketable securities, or any computer system representations of any of them.

(b) As used in division (A)(10) of this section, "trade secret" has the same meaning as in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code, and "telecommunications service" and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.

(c) As used in divisions (A)(10) and (13) of this section, "cable television service," "computer," "computer software," "computer system," "computer network," "data," and "telecommunications device" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.

(11) "Law enforcement officer" means any of the following:

(a) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint township police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, or state highway patrol trooper;

(b) An officer, agent, or employee of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions, upon whom, by statute, a duty to conserve the peace or to enforce all or certain laws is imposed and the authority to arrest violators is conferred, within the limits of that statutory duty and authority;

(c) A mayor, in the mayor's capacity as chief conservator of the peace within the mayor's municipal corporation;

(d) A member of an auxiliary police force organized by county, township, or municipal law enforcement authorities, within the scope of the member's appointment or commission;

(e) A person lawfully called pursuant to section 311.07 of the Revised Code to aid a sheriff in keeping the peace, for the purposes and during the time when the person is called;

(f) A person appointed by a mayor pursuant to section 737.01 of the Revised Code as a special patrolling officer during riot or emergency, for the purposes and during the time when the person is appointed;

(g) A member of the organized militia of this state or the armed forces of the United States, lawfully called to duty to aid civil authorities in keeping the peace or protect against domestic violence;

(h) A prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, secret service officer, or municipal prosecutor;

(i) An Ohio veterans' home police officer appointed under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code;

(j) A member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code.

(12) "Privilege" means an immunity, license, or right conferred by law, bestowed by express or implied grant, arising out of status, position, office, or relationship, or growing out of necessity.

(13) "Contraband" means any property described in the following categories:

(a) Property that in and of itself is unlawful for a person to acquire or possess;

(b) Property that is not in and of itself unlawful for a person to acquire or possess, but that has been determined by a court of this state, in accordance with law, to be contraband because of its use in an unlawful activity or manner, of its nature, or of the circumstances of the person who acquires or possesses it, including, but not limited to, goods and personal property described in division (D) of section 2913.34 of the Revised Code;

(c) Property that is specifically stated to be contraband by a section of the Revised Code or by an ordinance, regulation, or resolution;

(d) Property that is forfeitable pursuant to a section of the Revised Code, or an ordinance, regulation, or resolution, including, but not limited to, forfeitable firearms, dangerous ordnance, obscene materials, and goods and personal property described in division (D) of section 2913.34 of the Revised Code;

(e) Any controlled substance, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, or any device, paraphernalia, money as defined in section 1301.01 of the Revised Code, or other means of exchange that has been, is being, or is intended to be used in an attempt or conspiracy to violate, or in a violation of, Chapter 2925. or 3719. of the Revised Code;

(f) Any gambling device, paraphernalia, money as defined in section 1301.01 of the Revised Code, or other means of exchange that has been, is being, or is intended to be used in an attempt or conspiracy to violate, or in the violation of, Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code;

(g) Any equipment, machine, device, apparatus, vehicle, vessel, container, liquid, or substance that has been, is being, or is intended to be used in an attempt or conspiracy to violate, or in the violation of, any law of this state relating to alcohol or tobacco;

(h) Any personal property that has been, is being, or is intended to be used in an attempt or conspiracy to commit, or in the commission of, any offense or in the transportation of the fruits of any offense;

(i) Any property that is acquired through the sale or other transfer of contraband or through the proceeds of contraband, other than by a court or a law enforcement agency acting within the scope of its duties;

(j) Any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or other telecommunications device that is used in a conspiracy to commit, an attempt to commit, or the commission of any offense, if the owner of the computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or other telecommunications device is convicted of or pleads guilty to the offense in which it is used.

(14) A person is "not guilty by reason of insanity" relative to a charge of an offense only if the person proves, in the manner specified in section 2901.05 of the Revised Code, that at the time of the commission of the offense, the person did not know, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, the wrongfulness of the person's acts.

(B)(1)(a) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, as used in any section contained in Title XXIX of the Revised Code that sets forth a criminal offense, "person" includes all of the following:

(i) An individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association;

(ii) An unborn human who is viable.

(b) As used in any section contained in Title XXIX of the Revised Code that does not set forth a criminal offense, "person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.

(c) As used in division (B)(1)(a) of this section:

(i) "Unborn human" means an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth.

(ii) "Viable" means the stage of development of a human fetus at which there is a realistic possibility of maintaining and nourishing of a life outside the womb with or without temporary artificial life-sustaining support.

(2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1)(a) of this section, in no case shall the portion of the definition of the term "person" that is set forth in division (B)(1)(a)(ii) of this section be applied or construed in any section contained in Title XXIX of the Revised Code that sets forth a criminal offense in any of the following manners:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2)(a) of this section, in a manner so that the offense prohibits or is construed as prohibiting any pregnant woman or her physician from performing an abortion with the consent of the pregnant woman, with the consent of the pregnant woman implied by law in a medical emergency, or with the approval of one otherwise authorized by law to consent to medical treatment on behalf of the pregnant woman. An abortion that violates the conditions described in the immediately preceding sentence may be punished as a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.05, 2903.06, 2903.07, 2903.08, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.21, or 2903.22 of the Revised Code, as applicable. An abortion that does not violate the conditions described in the second immediately preceding sentence, but that does violate section 2919.12, division (B) of section 2919.13, OR section 2919.15 2919.151, 2919.17, or 2919.18 of the Revised Code, may be punished as a violation of section 2919.12, division (B) of section 2919.13, OR section 2919.15 2919.151, 2919.17, or 2919.18 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Consent is sufficient under this division if it is of the type otherwise adequate to permit medical treatment to the pregnant woman, even if it does not comply with section 2919.12 of the Revised Code.

(b) In a manner so that the offense is applied or is construed as applying to a woman based on an act or omission of the woman that occurs while she is or was pregnant and that results in any of the following:

(i) Her delivery of a stillborn baby;

(ii) Her causing, in any other manner, the death in utero of a viable, unborn human that she is carrying;

(iii) Her causing the death of her child who is born alive but who dies from one or more injuries that are sustained while the child is a viable, unborn human;

(iv) Her causing her child who is born alive to sustain one or more injuries while the child is a viable, unborn human;

(v) Her causing, threatening to cause, or attempting to cause, in any other manner, an injury, illness, or other physiological impairment, regardless of its duration or gravity, or a mental illness or condition, regardless of its duration or gravity, to a viable, unborn human that she is carrying.

(C) As used in Title XXIX of the Revised Code:

(1) "School safety zone" consists of a school, school building, school premises, school activity, and school bus.

(2) "School," "school building," and "school premises" have the same meanings as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.

(3) "School activity" means any activity held under the auspices of a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district, a governing board of an educational service center, or the governing body of a school for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.

(4) "School bus" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 2903.09. As used in sections 2903.01 to 2903.08, 2903.11 to 2903.14, 2903.21, and 2903.22 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Unlawful termination of another's pregnancy" means causing the death of an unborn member of the species homo sapiens, who is or was carried in the womb of another, as a result of injuries inflicted during the period that begins with fertilization and that continues unless and until live birth occurs.

(B) "Another's unborn" or "such other person's unborn" means a member of the species homo sapiens, who is or was carried in the womb of another, during a period that begins with fertilization and that continues unless and until live birth occurs.

(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in no case shall the definitions of the terms "unlawful termination of another's pregnancy," "another's unborn," and "such other person's unborn" that are set forth in division (A) of this section be applied or construed in any of the following manners:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in a manner so that the offense prohibits or is construed as prohibiting any pregnant woman or her physician from performing an abortion with the actual consent of the pregnant woman, with the consent of the pregnant woman implied by law in a medical emergency, or with the approval of one otherwise authorized by law to consent to medical treatment on behalf of the pregnant woman. An abortion that violates the conditions described in the immediately preceding sentence may be punished as a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.05, 2903.06, 2903.07, 2903.08, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.21, or 2903.22 of the Revised Code, as applicable. An abortion that does not violate the conditions described in the second immediately preceding sentence, but that does violate section 2919.12, division (B) of section 2919.13, OR section 2919.15 2919.151, 2919.17, or 2919.18 of the Revised Code, may be punished as a violation of section 2919.12, division (B) of section 2919.13, OR section 2919.15 2919.151, 2919.17, or 2919.18 of the Revised Code, as applicable.

(2) In a manner so that the offense is applied or is construed as applying to a woman based on an act or omission of the woman that occurs while she is or was pregnant and that results in any of the following:

(a) Her delivery of a stillborn baby;

(b) Her causing, in any other manner, the death in utero of an unborn that she is carrying;

(c) Her causing the death of her child who is born alive but who dies from one or more injuries that are sustained while the child is an unborn;

(d) Her causing her child who is born alive to sustain one or more injuries while the child is an unborn;

(e) Her causing, threatening to cause, or attempting to cause, in any other manner, an injury, illness, or other physiological impairment, regardless of its duration or gravity, or a mental illness or condition, regardless of its duration or gravity, to an unborn that she is carrying.

Sec. 2919.151. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

(1) "FROM THE BODY OF THE MOTHER" MEANS THAT THE PORTION OF THE FETUS' BODY IN QUESTION IS BEYOND THE MOTHER'S VAGINAL INTROITUS IN A VAGINAL DELIVERY.

(2) "PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE" MEANS THE MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS IN SEQUENCE:

(a) DELIBERATE DILATION OF THE CERVIX OF A PREGNANT WOMAN, USUALLY OVER A SEQUENCE OF DAYS;

(b) IN A BREECH PRESENTATION, DELIBERATE EXTRACTION OF AT LEAST THE LOWER TORSO TO THE NAVEL, BUT NOT THE ENTIRE BODY, OF AN INTACT FETUS FROM THE BODY OF THE MOTHER, OR IN A CEPHALIC PRESENTATION, DELIBERATE EXTRACTION OF AT LEAST THE COMPLETE HEAD, BUT NOT THE ENTIRE BODY, OF AN INTACT FETUS FROM THE BODY OF THE MOTHER;

(c) PARTIAL EVACUATION OF THE INTRACRANIAL CONTENTS OF THE FETUS, WHICH PROCEDURE THE PERSON PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE KNOWS WILL CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE FETUS, COMPRESSION OF THE HEAD OF THE FETUS, WHICH PROCEDURE THE PERSON PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE KNOWS WILL CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE FETUS, OR PERFORMANCE OF ANOTHER DELIBERATE ACT THAT THE PERSON PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE KNOWS WILL CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE FETUS;

(d) COMPLETION OF THE VAGINAL DELIVERY OF THE FETUS.

(3) "PARTIALLY BORN" MEANS THAT THE PORTION OF THE BODY OF AN INTACT FETUS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(2)(b) OF THIS SECTION HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY EXTRACTED FROM THE BODY OF THE MOTHER.

(4) "SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION" MEANS ANY MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT SO COMPLICATES THE PREGNANCY OF THE WOMAN AS TO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CAUSE THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION.

(5) "VIABLE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2901.01 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) WHEN THE FETUS THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PROCEDURE IS VIABLE, NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY PERFORM A PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE ON A PREGNANT WOMAN WHEN THE PROCEDURE IS NOT NECESSARY, IN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT, TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OR HEALTH OF THE MOTHER AS A RESULT OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR HEALTH BEING ENDANGERED BY A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION OR AS A RESULT OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR HEALTH BEING ENDANGERED BY A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION THAT ARISES DURING AN ABORTION OR DELIVERY.

(C) WHEN THE FETUS THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PROCEDURE IS NOT VIABLE, NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY PERFORM A PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE ON A PREGNANT WOMAN WHEN THE PROCEDURE IS NOT NECESSARY, IN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT, TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OR HEALTH OF THE MOTHER AS A RESULT OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR HEALTH BEING ENDANGERED BY A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION OR AS A RESULT OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR HEALTH BEING ENDANGERED BY A SERIOUS RISK OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AND IRREVERSIBLE IMPAIRMENT OF A MAJOR BODILY FUNCTION THAT ARISES DURING AN ABORTION OR DELIVERY.

(D) WHOEVER VIOLATES DIVISION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF PARTIAL BIRTH FETICIDE, A FELONY OF THE SECOND DEGREE.

(E) A PREGNANT WOMAN UPON WHOM A PARTIAL BIRTH PROCEDURE IS PERFORMED IN VIOLATION OF DIVISION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION IS NOT GUILTY OF COMMITTING, ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT, COMPLICITY IN THE COMMISSION OF, OR CONSPIRACY IN THE COMMISSION OF A VIOLATION OF THOSE DIVISIONS.

(F) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT SUCTION CURETTAGE, SUCTION ASPIRATION, OR DILATION AND EVACUATION.

(G) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO PERFORMS OR ATTEMPTS TO PERFORM A LEGAL ABORTION IF THE ACT THAT CAUSES THE DEATH OF THE FETUS IS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE FETUS BEING PARTIALLY BORN EVEN THOUGH THE DEATH OF THE FETUS OCCURS AFTER IT IS PARTIALLY BORN.


Section 2. That existing sections 2901.01 and 2903.09 and sections 2307.51 and 2919.15 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. The General Assembly declares all of the following:

(A) In enacting sections 2307.53 and 2919.151 of the Revised Code, its intent is to prevent the unnecessary death of fetuses when they are substantially outside the body of the mother.

(B) This intent is based in part on a state interest in maintaining a strong public policy against infanticide, regardless of the life expectancy or stage of development of the child.

(C) The right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade (1973), 410 U.S. 113, was never intended to legitimize infanticide or to deprive the state of all ability to protect fetuses who are substantially outside the body of the mother.

(D) The act also furthers the state interest in preventing unnecessary cruelty. This interest is not necessarily based solely on the ability of the fetus or child to experience pain. The indignity of being partly delivered before being deliberately killed is also a form of cruelty that should not be unnecessarily inflicted upon any being of human origin. Therefore, there are legitimate reasons for deterring the unnecessary use of the partial birth procedure, even though other abortion procedures that may cause pain remain available.


Section 4. Section 2901.01 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. H.B. 162 and Am. Sub. S.B. 1 of the 123rd General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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