The bill gives the pregnant person exclusive authority to obtain abortion without a gestational, viability, or prescribed reason limit until physical departure of the embryo or fetus begins. It defines first emergence as the boundary for protection under injury and homicide law, protects informed consent and capable young persons' independent decisions, and requires reasonably accessible abortion and pregnancy care. It also creates offenses for independently unlawful acts causing or risking serious prenatal harm, with stricter causation and live birth requirements for liability of the pregnant person and explicit protection for lawful abortion and ordinary healthcare choices.
A sweeping reproductive autonomy and social reform measure that combines broad abortion access with narrowly conditioned prenatal injury liability and developing autonomy for children.
Ch. 1 gives exclusive reproductive authority without gestational or third party approval limits and prohibits compelled medical intervention, a defining autonomy change qualified by narrowly conditioned prenatal injury liability.
From provision 3, provision 4, provision 5, provision 7, provision 8, provision 9, provision 13, provision 14
Ch. 1 broadly reforms reproductive and family norms through abortion at every stage before first emergence, independent decisions by capable young persons, and developing autonomy rather than parental ownership.
From provision 2, provision 3, provision 4, provision 5, provision 9
Ch. 1 requires accessible abortion and pregnancy care on equal terms for the eligible population and practical prenatal support including nutrition where needed, without establishing a fully unconditional general welfare system.
From provision 8, provision 10
Chs. 1 to 3 establish a precise birth boundary, consent and capacity tests, and limited prenatal offenses requiring independent unlawfulness, actual recklessness, and proved causation rather than open ended official intervention.
From provision 5, provision 6, provision 7, provision 8, provision 9, provision 11, provision 12, provision 13, provision 14
Chs. 1 and 2 comprehensively remove abortion from criminal homicide before the stated boundary, while Ch. 3 adds limited prenatal injury crimes with fines and terms up to 120 days, yielding a net reduction in reproductive criminalization.
From provision 4, provision 5, provision 11, provision 12, provision 13, provision 14
Ch. 1 denies religious authorities a legal veto over abortion and bars compulsory religious or ideological counseling, a targeted secular limitation rather than general disestablishment.
From provision 3, provision 4
Ch. 1 prevents marital, family, age alone, and moral status from transferring or defeating a capable pregnant person's reproductive authority, providing a focused equal standing reform.
Ch. 1 Art. 5 gives practical judicial recourse against unlawful obstruction through declarations, injunctions, restored healthcare access and compensation.
From provision 10
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