Health Care Committee approves motion to further restrict late term abortions

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Intro:	The House Health Care Committee approved a bill to further restrict late term abortions.
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Wrap: The Committee passed the bill by a vote of nine to one.

The only vote against ....... was St. Louis County Representative Margo McNeil.

McNeil says the bill puts hospitals in danger.

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Description: "I felt that the penalties that were being assessed on doctors and on hospitals were very severe."

McNeil said provisions in the bill would allow hospitals to be sued for the actions of individual doctors.

President and CEO of Planned Parenthood St. Louis, Paula Gianino, agreed with McNeil.

Gianino also says the bill in unnecessary, because post viability abortions already only occur when there is a medical emergency.

From the State Capitol, I'm Megan McGinnis.

Intro:	The House Health Care Committee gave it's approval to a bill to further restrict late term abortions.
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President and CEO of Planned Parenthood St. Louis, Paula Gianino, says the bill is unnecessary, and doctors should not have to deal with more regulations.

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Description: "Physicians shouldn't be fearful of the law, or fearful of how people interpret the law, especially when they are acting during medical emergency."

Representative Margo McNeil says she voted against the bill because it would allow hospitals to be sued if a doctor misinterprets viability. Both McNeil and Gianino agree the bill needs to protect doctors.

The Committee passed the bill by a vote of nine to one.

From the State Capitol, I'm Megan McGinnis.

Intro:	The House Health Care Committee passed a bill which would ban late term abortions, except in medical emergency.
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Wrap: The bill, sponsored by St. Louis County Representative Tim Jones, passed by a vote of nine to one.

Jones says it was about time.

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Description: "For 213, it's the bill designed to finally completely close all the loopholes on ending late term abortions in the state of Missouri, and I am happy to see the committee passed it forward."

Representative Margo McNeil is the only committee member who voted against the bill. She says the bill could cause hospitals and doctors to be sued, if viability is not correctly determined.

President and CEO of Planned Parenthood St. Louis, Paula Gianino, agreed with McNeil, saying physicians should not have to fear the law.

From the State Capitol, I'm Megan McGinnis.