House Bill 2462 – State Rep. Chris Miller – PRO-LIFE BILL – NEW – It has been referred to Rules Committee.
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Defines “viability” to include when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case before the attending physician, the unborn child has a fetal heartbeat. Defines “fetal heartbeat” as the cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. Effective immediately.