ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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HB 2060: educational facilities; abortion; prohibited activities

Sponsor: Representative Keshel, LD 17

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Overview

Forbids public educational institutions, their employees, and Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) employees from encouraging or facilitating abortions.

History

Facilities that are run by or operate on the property of public educational institutions or under ABOR are not permitted to perform or provide abortions, unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. Public educational institutions include: 1) community colleges; 2) universities under ABOR; 3) school districts and their schools; 4) charter schools; 5) accommodation schools; and 6) Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind (A.R.S. §§ 15-115.01, 15-1630).

School districts and charter schools are not authorized to endorse, give financial or instructional program support, allow presentations during instructional time or provide materials to students as instruction as part of any program that does not propose childbirth and adoption as preferred options over elective abortion (A.R.S. § 15-115).

Abortion is the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination will cause, with reasonable likelihood, the death of the unborn child. Abortion does not include: 1) birth control devices; 2) oral contraceptives to prevent ovulation; or 3) the use of any means to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, preserve the life of a child after live birth, terminate an ectopic pregnancy or remove a dead fetus (A.R.S. § 36- 2151).

Provisions

1.   Prohibits a public educational institution and a university under ABOR from encouraging or facilitating abortions. (Sec. 1, 2)

2.   Prevents employees of public educational institutions, universities under ABOR and ABOR from encouraging or facilitating abortions when acting in their official capacity. (Sec. 1, 2)

3.   Removes the definition of medical emergency. (Sec. 1)

4.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

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