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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2023-10-26
Chamber
senate
Result
passed
Yeas
20
Nays
18
Excused
0
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-6233
Related sitting
sitting-640

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Chamber
senate
Context text
Cavanagh Irwin Moss Wojno Excused—0 Not Voting—0 In The Chair: President Protests Senators Geiss, Moss, McMorrow, Chang, Shink, Polehanki, Cavanagh, Santana, McCann, Hertel and Anthony, under their constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the adoption of the amendments offered by Senator Albert to Senate Bill No. 593. Senator Geiss moved that the statement she made during the discussion of the amendments be printed as her reasons for voting “no.” The motion prevailed. Senator Geiss’ statement, in which Senators Moss, McMorrow, Chang, Shink, Polehanki, Cavanagh, Santana, McCann, Hertel and Anthony concurred, is as follows: I rise to urge my colleagues to vote “no” on this amendment that is neither based in obstetric medicine or reality. This amendment disrupts again the health care provider-patient relationship. It would hamstring doctors from making the medical decisions they need to make based upon their expertise, and it would return this state to a position of criminalizing the health care providers who perform abortions. The amendment itself is in fact contradictory in its phrasing of what would and would not be permissible depending upon when one does or does not determine gestational age and viability. In short, the amendment is too confusing, too extreme. Let’s leave medical decisions to the medical professionals and not to legislators who have none of the following: the ability to practice obstetric medicine or midwifery or a uterus. I urge a “no” vote on this amendment to Senate Bill No. 593. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
0
Measure id
measure-6233
Motion text
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
18
Not voting
0
Result
passed
Sitting id
sitting-640
Vote date
2023-10-26
Vote id
vote-7373
Vote number
595
Yeas
20

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