REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

MR. SPEAKER AND MADAM PRESIDENT:

 

   We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

 

H. B. No. 1480:  Abortions; prohibit use of public funds for.

 

  We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

 

  1.  That the Senate recede from its Amendment No. 1.

 

  2.  That the House and Senate adopt the following amendment:

 

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no public funds that are made available to any institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or employee of the State of Mississippi, or of any local political subdivision of the state, whether those funds are made available by the government of the United States, the State of Mississippi, or a local governmental subdivision, or from any other public source, shall be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities for abortion, except:

          (a)  When the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother; or

          (b)  When the abortion is being sought to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or incest; or

          (c)  When there is a fetal malformation that is

incompatible with the baby being born alive.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE	CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Bobby Moody	Robert G. Huggins
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Frances Fredericks	Neely C. Carlton
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Carmel WellsSmith	Alan Nunnelee