The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that effectively combats some abortion restrictions in other states by allowing persons who face legal liability for violating abortion laws to sue for damages in Connecticut courts. Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, pledged to sign the bill if it passes the Democrat-dominated state Senate.
laws in other states by allowing persons who face legal liability for violating other states' abortion laws to sue for damages in Connecticut courts. Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, pledged to sign the bill if it passes the Democrat-dominated state Senate.
, aims"to provide protections for persons receiving and providing reproductive health care services in the state." It creates a legal process by which a person who"has had a judgment entered" against him or her in any state where liability is based on"the alleged provision, receipt, assistance in receipt or provision, material support for, or any theory of… liability… for reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of this state… may recover damages from any party that brought the action leading to that judgment." MARYLAND DEMS OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO TO FUND ABORTION TRAINING, ALLOW NON-DOCTORS TO PERFORM ABORTIONS The bill would protect abortion providers in Connecticut – and those who help them – from liability under the laws of states like Texas when they perform an abortion on a Texas resident who travels to Connecticut for an abortion. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont delivers the State of the State address during opening session at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Hartford, Conn. The bill comes in the wake of a Texas law that effectively prohibits abortion at around six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat can be detected and before many women know they’re pregnant. Rather than having the state enforce the ban, the Texas law creates a private right of action against individuals who commit or aid and abet an abortion that violates the law – but not against the woman who undergoes the procedure. H.B. 5414 aims to combat such laws in other states, giving those who violate the Texas law a legal defense in Connecticut. The bill will also allow Connecticut to protect the medical records of women who travel to the state from other states like Texas or Louisiana. The bill would also allow non-doctors to perform abortions, giving advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants and nurse-midwives permission to provide medication and aspiration abortions in the first trimester. After a two-hour debate, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed H.B. 5414, 87-60. Although most Democrats voted for the bill and most Republicans voted against it, 14 Democrats voted against it and seven Republicans supported it, the Hartford Courant
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