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The Colorado House Judiciary Committee on Thursday rejected 6-4 a bill… (HB 1260) that would have criminalized abortions performed on women pregnant with “viable” fetuses, the Denver Post reports (Cassutt, Denver Post, 2/25). Under the bill, which was sponsored by state Rep. Bill Crane (R), physicians providing such abortions could have been charged with a class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 18 months in jail along with a $10,000 fine (Scanlon, Denver Rocky Mountain News, 2/25). Although the bill did not specify the gestational age at which a fetus is deemed able to live outside the womb, it said that a fetal heartbeat, voluntary movement or breathing could classify a fetus as viable, according towards the Post (Denver Post, 2/25).
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