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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         
        January 17, 2006

Mr. Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 85, ABORTION BY A MINOR - PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT, by Representative K. Gibson, et al, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 51 through 55 :    

             51          .    provides that a court shall order that a minor may consent to an abortion without
             52      parental consent only if the court finds

  by a preponderance of the evidence       that:

             53              .    the minor is mature and capable of giving informed consent to the abortion and
             54      has given her informed consent; or    
             55              .    an abortion would be in the minor's best interest;

2.    Page 5, Lines 149 through 152 :    

             149          (4) (a) If
{   one or both of a pregnant minor's parents or the minor's guardian refuses to

             150      consent   }
  a pregnant minor fails to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian of the minor       to the performance of an abortion, or if the minor chooses not to seek the consent of

             151     
{   one or both of her parents   }        a parent       or guardian, the minor may file a petition with the juvenile court to

             152      obtain the right to consent to the abortion without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian.

3.    Page 6, Line 180 through Page 7, Line 186 :    

             180          (b) After considering the evidence presented at the hearing, the court shall order that
             181      the minor may consent to an abortion without the consent of a parent or guardian of the minor
             182      if the court finds
  by a preponderance of the evidence       that:

             183          (i) the minor:

             184          (A) has given her informed consent to the abortion; and
             185          (B) is mature and capable of giving informed consent to the abortion; or
             186          (ii) an abortion would be in the minor's best interest.

    Respectfully,

    Bradley G. Last
    Committee Chair

Voting: 7-1-0
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 HB0085
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