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# SF125
Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare
Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare
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AN ACT relating to statutes and rules of construction; providing a definition of health care generally applicable to law; providing findings; specifying exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

Notes

SF125 established that for purposes of interpretation and construction under the Wyoming constitution and all statutes of this state abortion is not healthcare.

Furthermore, as a consequence of an unborn baby being a member of the species homo sapiens from conception, the unborn baby is a member of the human race under article 1, section 2 of the Wyoming constitution; 

The legislature acknowledges that all members of the human race are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, the foremost of which is the right to life.

This act promotes and furthers article 1, section 6 of the Wyoming constitution, which guarantees that no person may be deprived of life or liberty without due process of law.

Regarding article 1, section 38 of the Wyoming constitution, abortion as defined in this act is not health care. Instead of being health care, abortion is the intentional termination of the life of an unborn baby. It is within the authority of the state of Wyoming to determine reasonable and necessary restrictions upon abortion, including its prohibition. In accordance with Article 1, Section 38(c) of the Wyoming constitution, the legislature determines that the health and general welfare of the people requires the prohibition of abortion as defined in this act.

The legislature, in the exercise of its constitutional duties and powers, has a fundamental duty to provide equal protection for all human lives, including unborn babies from conception.

Wyoming's legitimate interests include respect for and preservation of prenatal life at all stages of development; the protection of maternal health and safety; the elimination of particularly gruesome or barbaric medical procedures; the preservation of the integrity of the medical profession; the mitigation of fetal pain; and the prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or disability.







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Votes

House

3rd Reading:Passed 51-9-2-0-0
Yea: Allemand; Andrew; Angelos; Banks; Bear; Brady; Bratten; Brown; Brown, G.; Campbell, K.; Clouston; Connolly; Davis; Eklund; Erickson; Filer; Geringer; Guggenmos; Haroldson; Harshman; Heiner; Hoeft; Johnson; Kelly; Knapp; Larsen; Larson; Lawley; Lien; Locke; McCann; Neiman; Ottman; Pendergraft; Riggins; Rodriguez-Williams; Schmid; Singh; Smith; Strock; Styvar; Tarver; Thayer; Washut; Wasserburger; Webb; Webber; Wharff; Williams; Winter; Wylie

Nay: Byron; Campbell, E.; Chestek; Jarvis; Nicholas; Posey; Provenza; Sherwood; Yin

Absent: Lucas; Storer

Senate

Concur:Passed 26-5-0-0-0
Nay: Anderson; Case; Gierau; Rothfuss; Scott

Yea: Barlow; Biteman; Boner; Brennan; Cooper; Crago; Crum; Schuler; Dockstader; Driskill; French; Hicks; Hutchings; Ide; Jones; Kolb; Landen; Laursen; McKeown; Nethercott; Olsen; Pappas; Salazar; Smith; Steinmetz; Taliaferro Pearson
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