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EXHIBIT A
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AN ACT
To amend sections 2305.114, 2307.53, 2901.01, 2903.09, 2919.123, 2919.151, and
2967.193 and to enact section 2919.15 of the Revised Code to criminalize and
create a civil action for dismemberment abortions.
SECTION 1. That sections 2305.114, 2307.53, 2901.01, 2903.09, 2919.123, 2919.151, and
2967.193 be amended and section 2919.15 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2305.114. A civil action pursuant to section 2307.53 of the Revised Code for partial birth
feticide or dismemberment feticide shall be commenced within one year after the commission of that
the offense.
Sec. 2307.53. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Dismemberment abortion" has the same meaning as in section 2919.15 of the Revised
Code.
(2) "Frivolous conduct" has the same meaning as in section 2323.51 of the Revised Code.
(2) (3) "Partial birth procedure" has the same meaning as in section 2919.151 of the Revised
Code.
(B) A woman upon whom a partial birth procedure is performed in violation of division (B)
or (C) of section 2919.151 of the Revised Code, a woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion is
performed in violation of division (B) of section 2919.15 of the Revised Code, the father of the child
if the child was not conceived by rape, or the parent of the woman if the woman is not eighteen years
of age or older at the time of the violation has and may commence a civil action for compensatory
damages, punitive or exemplary damages if authorized by section 2315.21 of the Revised Code, and
court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who committed the violation.
(C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant
to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323.51
of the Revised Code, that the commencement of the civil action constitutes frivolous conduct and
that the defendant was adversely affected by the frivolous conduct, the court shall award in
accordance with section 2323.51 of the Revised Code reasonable attorney's fees to the defendant.
Sec. 2901.01. (A) As used in the Revised Code:
(1) "Force" means any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any means
upon or against a person or thing.
(2) "Deadly force" means any force that carries a substantial risk that it will proximately
result in the death of any person.
(3) "Physical harm to persons" means any injury, illness, or other physiological impairment,
regardless of its gravity or duration.
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SECTION 2. That existing sections 2305.114, 2307.53, 2901.01, 2903.09, 2919.123, 2919.151,
and 2967.193 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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Governor.
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Filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the ____
day of ___________, A. D. 20____.
Secretary of State.