harmonizing the age of personhood under the criminal code and the fetal life protection act.

Summary

The bill changes New Hampshire law so that a fetus is considered a person at 20 weeks of pregnancy, matching the age used in homicide statutes. It requires doctors to confirm gestational age with an ultrasound before performing an abortion and makes abortions after 20 weeks a class B felony with steep fines. The change was intended to close a constitutional gap but the measure did not pass.

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