FLORIDA HOUSE PASSES ULTRASOUND BILL HB 1143 TODAY

FLORIDA PRO-LIFE ULTRASOUND BILL HB 1143 PASSES HOUSE

Florida House passes Pro-Life Ultrasound Abortion Bill HB 1143 by a vote of 76 to 44.

Bill Now heads to the Desk of Governor Crist for Signature

Will he Approve it or Veto it?

On the final day of voting, Florida legislators pass what is seemingly one of the most contentious bills on the house floor.

Rep. Anitere Flores found it baffling that legislators would wait until the last day of session to debate and vote on a bill that would curtail the number of abortions that take place in Florida. Rep. Gardner, of Orlando stated that this bill would extend the ultrasound requirement to the first-trimester, which now accounts for about 90% of abortions in Florida.

On Thursday, The Senate approved the bill by a 26-13 vote Thursday afternoon after an hour of emotional debate from both sides.

The measure requires women wanting an abortion to have an ultrasound, view it and listen to a medical professional's description of the fetus from the ultrasound. It exempts women from viewing it if they sign a form saying they are not being coerced to have an abortion, and it exempts them from hearing about it if they can prove they were victims of rape, incest or other crimes. But any woman wanting an abortion would have to have to pay $400.00 for the ultrasound.

The measure passed by a 76-44 vote and is Now headed to Gov. Charlie Crist.

Contact Governor Crist and ask him to sign the bill into law as soon as it hits his desk.

E-mail: charlie.crist@myflorida.com

The Capitol, 400 S. Monroe St.

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

Phone: (850) 488-7176

Fax: (850) 487-0801

HB - 1063 - INFANTS BORN ALIVE

FLORIDA INFANTS BORN ALIVE
HB 1063


Provides protections for botched abortions performed at abortion clinics.

Update: 3/5/10 - Added to the Health Care Regulations Policy Committee This bill will be heard on March 9th at 3:00 pm in the Policy Committee

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• Ask your House Members to become a co-sponsor
• Ask your Senator to become a co-sponsor of the bill
• Contact the members of the Health Care Regulation Policy Committtee to support passage of the legislation http://www.ccsouthfla.org/Florida%20Health%20Care%20Regulation%20Committee.pdf
  

The hard left organizations such as Planned Parenthood are working to derail the Infants Born Alive legislation currently in the Florida House. We believe that every child is a gift from God and deserves a chance at life no matter what their situation, including those born with downs syndrome and other physical problems.



There are one too many botched abortions performed at abortion clinics in Florida, where the mother delivers a child born alive and the clinic does everything to kill the child by injecting a deadly drug to kill the infant. This is murder and in the eyes of God.



We believe that every child deserves the same chance at life that you and I received.





Florida legislature has introduced a bill that would protect the life of the child born alive and would hold abortion mills accountable for their horrific actions to kill a baby born alive.



http://www.ccsouthfla.org/Baby%20Born%20Alive%20Article.pdf



Bill Language:


Bill HB1063 - Infants Born Alive


Sponsor - Snyder


Co-sponsors - Plakon, Renaurt, Van Zant


GENERAL BILL Infants Born Alive: Designates act "Born Alive Infant Protection Act"; provides that infant born alive subsequent to abortion is entitled to same rights, powers, & privileges as child born alive in course of birth that is not subsequent to abortion; provides standard of care to be exercised by health care practitioners toward such child; requires health care practitioners to report violations; provides that violations may constitute grounds for discipline of health care practitioners under specified provision.



This bill is currently in the Health Care Regulation Policy Committee



WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• Ask your House Member to become a co-sponsor of the bill
• Ask your Senator to sponsor the bill
• Contact the members of the Health Care Regulation Policy Committee and ask them to support passage of HB 1063 http://www.ccsouthfla.org/Florida%20Health%20Care%20Regulation%20Committee.pdf