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AZ HB2679

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2014

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Sherwood

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature - Second Regular Session (2014)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law to require a 24-hour waiting period between when a woman receives informed consent information and when an abortion can be performed, with exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, and incest.

  • Requires physicians to provide specific oral and in-person informed consent disclosures including the procedure name, medical risks, alternatives, gestational age, fetal characteristics, and risks of carrying to term.

  • Mandates ultrasound imaging and fetal heart tone auscultation before abortion, with the woman offered the opportunity to view images and hear the heartbeat, and provided a written certification of her choices.

  • Requires the Department of Health Services to establish and maintain websites providing information about pregnancy support agencies, perinatal hospice services for lethal fetal conditions, and support services for nonlethal fetal conditions.

  • Establishes civil liability allowing women, fathers, and maternal grandparents to sue for violations, with damages up to $5,000 or three times the abortion cost, plus attorney fees, with a six-year statute of limitations.

Legislative Description

Abortion; waiting period; informed consent

Last Action

Referred to House RHS Committee

2/13/2014

Full Bill Text

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