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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5680

 

January Session, 2007

 

LCO No. 1545

   

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. ROWE, 123rd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF THE SUSPECTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MINORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require abortion clinics to determine whether a person seeking an abortion is under eighteen years of age and, if so, to report that fact to the local law enforcement agency which shall investigate whether a sexual assault has occurred.

Statement of Purpose:

To require abortion clinics to report suspected rape cases to local law enforcement agencies.