Intención Legislativa sobre el Aborto en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

La ley de Pensilvania quiere proteger tanto a las mujeres que piensan en abortar como a los bebés. También busca asegurar que las mujeres tengan toda la información antes de tomar una decisión importante sobre su embarazo.

Es como cuando decides si te vas a quedar en casa o salir a una fiesta. Quieres asegurarte de que tienes toda la información sobre lo que pasará en cada opción antes de decidir.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana, de 16 años, se entera de que está embarazada. Antes de decidir abortar, la ley le asegura que tendrá tiempo para hablar con un médico y entender todas sus opciones, además de recibir información sobre el desarrollo del bebé.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

18 Pa.C.S. 3202 - Legislative Intent (a) Rights and interests.--It is the intention of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to protect hereby the life and health of the woman subject to abortion and to protect the life and health of the child subject to abortion. It is the further intention of the General Assembly to foster the development of standards of professional conduct in a critical area of medical practice, to provide for development of statistical data and to protect the right of the minor woman voluntarily to decide to submit to abortion or to carry her child to term. The General Assembly finds as fact that the rights and interests furthered by this chapter are not secure in the context in which abortion is presently performed. (b) Conclusions.--Reliable and convincing evidence has compelled the General Assembly to conclude and the General Assembly does hereby solemnly declare and find that: (1) Many women now seek or are encouraged to undergo abortions without full knowledge of the development of the unborn child or of alternatives to abortion. (2) The gestational age at which viability of an unborn child occurs has been lowering substantially and steadily as advances in neonatal medical care continue to be made. (3) A significant number of late-term abortions result in live births, or in delivery of children who could survive if measures were taken to bring about breathing. Some physicians have been allowing these children to die or have been failing to induce breathing. (4) Because the Commonwealth places a supreme value upon protecting human life, it is necessary that those physicians which it permits to practice medicine be held to precise standards of care in cases where their actions do or may result in the death of an unborn child.