***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

                             House Bill NO. 1480

                             By Senator(s) Committee

     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.

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

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.