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92_HB6015
LRB9212129RCsb
1 AN ACT concerning criminal offenses.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act is amended
5 by changing Section 10 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 513/10)
7 Sec. 10. Partial-birth abortions prohibited. Any person
8 who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby
9 kills a human fetus or infant is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10 This Section does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that
11 is necessary to save the life of a mother whose because her
12 life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness,
13 or physical injury, including a life-endangering condition
14 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, provided that
15 no other medical procedure would suffice for that purpose.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-560, eff. 2-13-98.)