SB2324: Pregnancy Testing for Women undergoing cosmetic procedures

SB 2324 has undergone 1st reading in the Committee of Health and Demography in May of 2008.  It may be downloaded from the Senate 14th RP Congress website.

SB 2324: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PREGNANCY TESTING OF ALL WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE WHO WILL UNDERGO COSMETIC PROCEDURES THAT ARE HARMFUL TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND UNBORN CHILDREN, AND DISCLOSURE OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF SUCH PROCEDURES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES authored by Sen. Legarda, defining unborn child and pregnancy as:

(f) “Pregnancy” shall refer to the period from conception to birth and
begins when the egg is fertilized by a sperm and then implanted in the
lining of the uterus, develops into the placenta and embryo and later
on into a fetus;

(h) “Unborn child” shall refer to an unborn offspring of human beings
from the moment of conception, through pregnancy, and until live
birth including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst,
embryo and fetus.