Words Matter
Below are some of the definitions being changed by HB 167. Full text of the bill can be found at https://tinyurl.com/dhwnspek. You can follow this bill by going to https://www.myfloridahouse.gov and then inserting “167” in the bill # box and click on Search.
Note: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions
Section1.Thisactmaybecitedasthe"FloridaHeartbeat
Act."
Section2.Section390.011,FloridaStatutes,isamended
toread:
390.011Definitions.—Asusedinthischapter,theterm:
(1)"Abortion"meanstheterminationofhumanpregnancy
withanintentionotherthantoproducealivebirthorto
removeadeadunbornchildfetus.
. . .
(6)"Fetalheartbeat"meanscardiacactivityorthesteady
andrepetitiverhythmiccontractionofthefetalheartwithin
thegestationalsac.
(7)(6)"Gestation"meansthedevelopmentofahumanembryo
oranunbornchildfetusbetweenfertilizationandbirth.
(8)"Gestationalage"meanstheamountoftimethathas
elapsedfromthefirstdayofawoman'slastmenstrualperiod.
(9)"Gestationalsac"meansthestructurethatcomprises
theextraembryonicmembranesthatenveloptheunbornchildand
thatistypicallyvisiblebyultrasoundafterthefourthweekof
pregnancy.
. . .
(13)"Pregnancy"meansthehumanfemalereproductive
conditionthat:
(a)Beginswithfertilization.
(b)Occurswhenthewomaniscarryingadevelopinghuman
offspring.
(c)Iscalculatedfromthefirstdayofthewoman'slast
menstrualperiod.
. . .
(17)"Unbornchild"meansahumanfetusorembryoinany
stageofgestationfromfertilizationuntilbirth.